
What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?

What is the Difference Between Acute and Chronic Pain?.
In clinical practice, your doctor and therapist will frequently refer to pain as either acute or chronic, but what does this really mean? Acute Pain by definition describes a sensation that is intense and sharp in quality. Its onset can be sudden, rapid and can quickly escalate. Patients in acute pain are very motivated to do something about it. It is hard to ignore acute pain and it can very easily take over your...
Posted on 2016-06-13