When you first experience pain, it is a symptom of illness or injury in the part of your body that is having the pain. The sudden onset of pain is called acute pain.  It gets your attention and prompts you to take action to prevent further worsening of the condition causing the pain.  This could be a simple action such as the reflex that makes you jerk your hand off a hot stove, or it could be more complex such as cooling, resting, or elevating an injured ankle.  Or the pain could prompt you ...

Treating chronic pain syndrome can be very difficult.  Frequently, the cause for the pain is not clear and it may take quite a lot of types or combinations of treatments before you find relief.  When treatment is initiated, some people may have increased pain because their chronic pain has caused them to be immobile and they have lost force and flexibility.  But eventually, treatment should decrease the pain and increase your capability to function.  Sometimes, chronic pain cannot be cured, b...