61. For many, the consequences of chronic pain include depression, poor sleep patterns, impaired mobility, social isolation, and increased health-care utilization and costs. 62. For chronic pain treatment, Baren recommends looking for membership in the American Pain Society or the American Academy of Pain Management. 63. Fractures of the spine lead to stooped posture, loss of height, chronic pain and can cause compression of the lungs and stomach. 64. Further studies have suggested the female mechanism is more effective in suppressing chronic pain, while the male system is more effective in suppressing traumatic pain. 65. Graf attributed her exit to a flare-up of chronic back pain, but gave no indication that she would abdicate her New York title without a fight. 66. He has taken the drug Percodan for chronic back pain. 67. He said Cermak would have chronic back pain as a result of the accident. 68. He settled into clerical jobs, already hindered by chronic back pain, his family told police. 69. Her chronic back pain, brought on by bulging disks, resurfaced. 70. Her husband, who lives with chronic pain in his shoulder, cannot afford a scan that might determine the cause. |