More than 35% of Americans suffer from Chronic Pain Syndrome
"Pain has two general categories; acute and chronic. Acute pain signals injury and generally resolves itself in less than 30 days as a person heals. Chronic pain refers to pain persisting longer than three months. It can last months to years. Chronic pain can be mild to severe, annoying to debilitating, and continuous to intermittent. Chronic Pain Syndrome (CPS) is a common problem that presents a major challenge to patients and health-care providers because of its complex nature. Approximately 35% of Americans have some element of CPS. Nearly 100 million people are affected directly or indirectly and are partially disabled or totally disable due to Chronic Pain. The cause of CPS can be injury, infection or ongoing disease. In many cases, the cause of the pain is idiopathic, or unknown. Some of the major causes of CPS include arthritis, headache (especially migraines), low back pain, cancer, joint pain, and neuropathy or nerve pain....