Conquer Back and Neck Pain - Walk It Off! (8 page)

BOOK: Conquer Back and Neck Pain - Walk It Off!
13.06Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads

Learn more about inflammation, arthritis, and infection of the spine in both the chapters on acute and chronic back pain,
Chapters 3
and
8
.

7) Central pain

You may be suffering from some component of central pain if you answer yes to most of the following statements:

• The pain medicine I take does not seem to work any more.

Yes
No

• It takes more and stronger pain medication for me to get relief.

Yes
No

• I have been on narcotic pain medication and/or muscle relaxants for more than one month.

Yes
No

• I must take a sleeping pill to sleep.

Yes
No

• I feel depressed because of my pain.

Yes
No

• I suffered from depression before this pain began.

Yes
No

• The pain makes me cry a lot.

Yes
No
BOOK: Conquer Back and Neck Pain - Walk It Off!
13.06Mb size Format: txt, pdf, ePub
ads

Other books

Cancel the Wedding by Carolyn T. Dingman
Double Down (Take a Gamble) by Price, Stella, Price, Audra, Price, S.A., Audra
The Throat by Peter Straub
The Burning Point by Mary Jo Putney
Andrew Lang_Fairy Book 09 by The Brown Fairy Book
Scared to Live by Stephen Booth
Excess All Areas by Mandy Baggot
Albion Dreaming by Andy Roberts