It is the mission of Comprehensive Pain Centers to provide state-of-the-art multidisciplinary team approach to the identification, diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. It is our goal to provide early intervention and treatment using the most advanced techniques available to provide relief of pain, prevent prolonged disability and return the individual to their maximum level of function within physical limitations. Our entire medical staff is committed to ongoing research and education in the clinical specialty of pain medicine. Here, I share my thoughts on our approach to pain medicine, patient treatment and research.
There are over 3 million cases of chronic pain in the United States each year. So what exactly is pain? Pain is defined as acute or chronic. Acute pain can be a sudden, mild pain that lasts only a moment or it can be severe pain that resolves over a few weeks or a few months. Chronic pain is continuous pain that lasts longer than 6 months. The key is that acute pain is pain that goes away, chronic pain usually does not.
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