The Harsh Reality of Chronic Pain

Some 50 million people suffer from chronic pain, according to the American Pain Foundation, and more than 50 percent of those individuals have been suffering moderate to severe pain for more than five years. Further, the foundation found that 50 percent of people with chronic, non-cancer-related pain classify it as severe or very severe, and that fewer than half feel that current medications provide enough relief. A survey by Partners Against Pain found that 56 percent of pain patients said pain interfered with their sleeping, 51 percent with their mood, and 30 percent with their ability to drive, and 28 percent with sexual relations. Plus, 78 percent said they were so unhappy with their pain drugs that they were willing to try new treatments, and 43 percent said they would spend all their money if they thought it would work.
A poll conducted in 2005 by ABC News, USA Today and Stanford University Medical Center found that only 48 percent of frequent pain sufferers and 50 percent of those with chronic pain say they got "at least a good amount" of pain relief after seeing a doctor. Among those over age 50, back pain was the most common type among both men and women. Half of respondents said their pain was the result of a specific condition or injury. The study noted that "age 50 looks to be one breaking point for pain: Four in 10 people who are 50 and older say they've had a pain episode in just the last few days."
Medications only treat pain temporarily and don't address the causes of recurring pain. My system addresses those causes, and the pain doesn't return.