What is Pain?
Pain
An emotion experienced in the brain, it is not like touch, taste, sight, smell or hearing, is both a sensory and emotional experience.
Generally associated with tissue damage, or inflammation. Pain is ultimately a perception, and not an objective bodily state.
It has been described by patients as aching, burning, throbbing, shooting, tingling, or stabbing.
Pain can be felt on one or both sides of the body, both below and above the waistline. It is generally located in the neck, shoulders, back, and hips, although many people experience migratory pain (pain that moves from one part of the body to another).
It is generally categorized into Acute Pain less than twelve weeks duration and Chronic Pain of more than twelve weeks.
Pain can be perceived as a warning of potential damage, but can also be present when no actual harm is being done to the body.
