Written by Professor Dominic A. Hegarty, BSc., BMedSc., MB., MSc. (Pain Management), PhD. FCARSCI, FFPMCAI, FIPPConsultant in Pain Management & Neuromodulation, Mater Private Hospital, Cork Associate Professor of Pain Medicine, UCC, Ireland
Every September since 2001, when the American Chronic Pain Association first led a coalition of groups to highlight the needs of those with living with chronic pain the spotlight is shone on one of the most common illnesses that effects so many individuals. Every year the same staggering number of 1 in every 4 individuals attend healthcare professionals with chronic pain does not seem to change. Every year we lament the cost chronic pain has on society.
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