{"id":996,"date":"2015-11-07T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-07T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/pain-facts\/"},"modified":"2015-11-07T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-07T12:00:00","slug":"pain-facts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/pain-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pain Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center\"> <a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/blog\/9386137.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" style=\"width:310;max-width:100%\"> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\"><span>Pain &#8211; The Facts<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pain is the body\u2019s way of signalling that there is some type of injury to the body, and is the number one reason why people seek out medical attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pain is usually accompanied by other symptoms of inflammation \u2013 heat, redness, swelling and loss of function, as the body responds to injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Pain may be described as acute or chronic.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Acute pain <\/span><span>is short lived and generally subsides when the injury heals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight:bold\">Chronic pain <\/span><span>generally lasts or recurs for more than three months and may continue after an acute injury has healed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chronic pain usually serves no useful purpose in the body and may lead to other health problems such as disturbed sleep and depression. Examples of chronic pain include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2022 Arthritis<br \/>\u2022 Back pain<br \/>\u2022 Fibromyalgia<br \/>\u2022 Chronic headaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Chronic pain can lead to changes in the nervous system that make the body more sensitive to pain.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"height: 10px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"height: 10px; overflow: hidden;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"wsite-image wsite-image-border-none \" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0;margin-right:0;text-align:center\"> <a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/assets\/images\/blog\/6820038.jpg\" alt=\"Picture\" style=\"width:237;max-width:100%\"> <\/a> <\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;font-size:90%\">Call us on 90135133 to book in your spinal check appointment!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pain &#8211; The Facts Pain is the body\u2019s way of signalling that there is some type of injury to the body, and is the number one reason why people seek out medical attention. Pain is usually accompanied by other symptoms of inflammation \u2013 heat, redness, swelling and loss of function, as the body responds to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1035,"url":"https:\/\/chirocure.com.au\/blog\/what-is-myotherapy-and-how-can-it-help-me-with-pain\/","url_meta":{"origin":996,"position":0},"title":"What is Myotherapy and how can it help me with pain?","date":"10 January 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Our Myotherapist uses a wide range of techniques to treat muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. 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