It is normal for everyone to experience occasional aches and pains from time-to-time. Pain is an important indicator of the nervous system that lets you know about a possible injury. Once an injury happens, pain signals can travel from the injured area then makes its way to your brain and spinal cord.

As soon as an injury heals, the pain will start becoming less severe. However, chronic pain in Vacaville is not your typical pain. Chronic pain will continue sending pain signals to your brain, even after the injury has completely healed. This type of pain can last for weeks and even years! It will also limit your mobility and reduce your endurance, flexibility, and strength. You will surely experience some challenges in doing your daily tasks and activities.

Chronic pain is known to last for at least 12 weeks. You will feel a sharp or dull pain, which could cause an aching or burning sensation in the affected area. The pain can be steady or intermittent that can come and go without any apparent reason. Chronic pain can also happen in any part of the body and the pain can provide a different feeling depending on the affected area.

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Common types of chronic pain in Vacaville

The common types of chronic pain can include any of the following:

• Headache
• Arthritis pain
• Cancer pain
• Neurological pain
• Postsurgical pain
• Psychogenic pain
• Post-trauma pain
• Lower back pain

There are over 1.5 billion people from all over the world who have chronic pain. This is the reason why around 100 million Americans are suffering from long-term disability.

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Causes of chronic pain

There are different factors that cause chronic pain. These conditions are those that normally come with aging that affects the bones and joints in a way that causes chronic pain. The other causes are nerve damage and injuries that have not healed completely.

Some chronic pain stems from numerous causes. For example, back pain can be caused by a single factor or a combination of the following:

• Overweight
• Traumatic injury
• Wearing high heels
• Years of poor posture
• No obvious physical cause
• Ordinary aging of the spine
• Improper carrying and lifting of heavy objects
• Sleeping on a poor mattress
• Curvature of the spine

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disease can be the cause of chronic pain

A certain disease can be the cause of your chronic pain. Fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis are the usual suspects, but persistent pain can also be due to cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, gallbladder disease, and stomach ulcers.

There are also instances where the source of chronic pain is very complex and can even be a mysterious issue to unravel. Although it may usually start with an injury or illness, the ongoing pain can cause a psychological dimension even after the physical problem has completely healed. This could make pinpointing the best course of treatment to be a tricky one. It is also the reason why medical practitioners would try several types of curative steps before they could treat it.