#CELLPROFILER PRIMARY VS SECONDARY MANUAL#
The traditional approach to treating chronic secondary pain is, recommending over-the-counter or prescription medications, a RICE (rest, ice, compression, and elevation) protocol when possible, physical or occupational therapy, and in some cases, manual therapies like massage and acupuncture. Sometimes secondary pain lingers in our bodies long after the cause has been successfully treated: Residual pain long after surgery, nerve damage, or lingering lower back pain from an old injury that’s otherwise healed. Often, secondary pain isn’t the disease or malady itself but a symptom of it. Visceral – recurring inflammation of internal organs, vessel constriction or another alteration of blood flow, or gallstones.Postsurgical or post-traumatic – the painful sensations from spinal surgery, whiplash, or an amputation.Neuropathic – includes nerve damage in the spine (central) or in your limbs (peripheral), the effects of a stroke, and brain or spinal cord injury.Musculoskeletal – persistent inflammation due to an autoimmune disease, osteoarthritis, or multiple sclerosis.Headaches or orofacial pain – like the pain from a cavity or broken tooth, or TMJ.Cancer-related – from tumors, cancer that has spread beyond its original location, or even from treatments.Some examples of chronic secondary pain are: That pain was something that happened because something was broken in your body, or was getting broken in your body, some kind of tissue damage or structural damage.” “Until really recently, this is how we thought of pain.
There’s something for a doctor to point to and say, “That’s what is causing your pain.” There’s inflammation in that area that causes pain and can cause further degeneration or damage. After all, if you sprain your ankle or live with osteoarthritis, there is damage to your joints, tendons, or muscles that can be found on an x-ray or other scan. It’s the type of pain caused by injury, tissue damage, or disease that we’ve all traditionally thought of as simply “pain.” And tp be sure, that pain is very real. To understand the difference, let’s start with secondary pain. Modern pain science has some critical insight to offer on the misguided and unkind “all in your head theory.” Research suggests that you may be experiencing primary pain rather than secondary pain. So many of us living with chronic pain have been told by medical professionals some version of “there’s nothing wrong with your body it’s all in your head.” If you’re one of the many people who’ve gone to see your primary care physician, orthopedist, or pain specialist who’s been told they don’t see an underlying injury or other tissue damage to explain your chronic pain, you are not alone.
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