5 Interesting Facts ou may not know about Pain
BeachLife Physio • 24 March 2019
5 Facts About Pain
Pain is very complex and much has changed on what we understand about pain in recent years. Have you ever wondered why sometimes injuries don't hurt as much as you'd expect? Or how a small injury could cause so much pain?
Fact #1:
Pain is no longer considered as simply a sensation, rather it is an 'experience'.
Fact #2:
Pain intensity does not equate to the actual damage to a tissue, but our brain’s perception of that damage.
Fact #3:
Pain is a combination of a variety of factors. Not simply tissue damage = pain.
Fact #4:
Many factors influence pain: anxiety about the injury, views on our ability to recover, fatigue, other life stresses, etc.
Fact #5:
Pain can be affected by changing factors other than just the tissue damage itself.
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