Acute pain can last a moment; rarely does it become chronic pain. Chronic pain persists for long periods. It is resistant to most medical treatments and causes severe problems.

Medication, physical therapy, steroid injections, and implanted devices may be helpful, but newer research has discovered ...

The Acute-to-Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) is one metric you might find useful if you enjoy crunching your training numbers. This ratio has the potential to help you assess your injury risk so you ...

My spouse suffers from chronic pain after a back injury five years ago. The pain affects his ability to work and enjoy day-to ...

More severe acute pain trajectories led to greater opioid consumption and longer hospitalization among older patients with fragility hip fractures.

(Evidence regarding the effects of massage on acute pain is ... presented in Table 6.) It should be noted that a review of the findings from the handful of studies on mixed chronic pain problems ...