Dolor crónico
El dolor crónico, o dolor persistente, es un dolor que dura semanas, meses o años.
Para algunos, el dolor crónico es el resultado de una lesión, como un esguince de espalda, o un problema continuo como la artritis. Para otros, el dolor crónico ocurre en ausencia de una lesión pasada.
Muchas condiciones de dolor crónico afectan a los adultos mayores. Las quejas comunes de dolor crónico incluyen dolor de cabeza, dolor lumbar, dolor de artritis o dolor neurogénico (dolor resultante de daño a los nervios periféricos o al propio sistema nervioso central).
According to the Global Burden of Disease Study (2015), 1 in 4 people in the world struggle with some form of persistent pain. Historically, the treatment of persistent pain has been deeply rooted in a biomedical model focusing on tissues and tissue injury (Houben, Ostelo et al.2005; Henrotin, Cedraschi et al. 2006; Weiner 2008). Not only have these models shown limited efficacy in decreasing pain and disability, but may in fact have increased fear in patients, which in turn may increase their pain (Greene, Appel et al. 2005; Morr, Shanti et al. 2010). Current best evidence has shown that pain neuroscience educational (PNE) strategies utilizing neurobiology and neurophysiology are able to reduce pain, increase function, reduce fear and catastrophizing, and improve movement and change cognitions and brain activation during pain experiences (Louw 2016). PNE changes patient's beliefs regarding their pain, thus reducing the threat of pain.
I also like this link from Adrian Louw, who taught the course. It is patient-centered and explains why we do PNE: https://whyyouhurt.com/WYH-patient-portal.html#patient-video-1
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