| What Is Pain? | | | | Neuropathic - due to the incorrect function of the |
| Pain usually surfaces in any part of your body; it does | | | | nervous system |
| so as a symptom of an injury or illness. It can be | | | | - Peripheral |
| categorized into two definitive heads i.e. acute and | | | | - Central |
| chronic pain. | | | | Chronic Neck and Shoulder Pains |
| Acute Pain | | | | The neck and shoulder are anatomically very |
| This refers to the pain that is severe and surfaces out | | | | interdependent; the neck more so than the shoulders. |
| of the blue (due to some injury or illness,) but heals | | | | The neck and shoulder are surrounded by supporting |
| quickly; in a matter of days or weeks. | | | | tissues such as muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments etc. |
| Chronic Pain | | | | An injury or trauma to any of these may result in a |
| Chronic (derived from the Greek word chronos) pains | | | | ripple effect of pain. This feeling in the shoulder is |
| lasts for a longer period of time than acute pain; thus, | | | | usually followed by a pain in the neck and wise versa. |
| the term "chronic". The length of the period of chronic | | | | Some conditions can be life threatening such as a |
| pain ranges from 3 months or more. This can be | | | | heart disease; others simply a sprain or strain. |
| further divided into other categories; which are as | | | | Symptoms of Chronic Neck And Shoulder Pains |
| follows: | | | | The symptoms that are listed below are the same as |
| - Nociceptive pain - due to activated nociceptors | | | | an acute neck and shoulder pain. The only difference |
| - Superficial somatic | | | | is that in chronic pains, the person suffers the pain for |
| - Deep | | | | an extended period. |
| Deep somatic | | | | - Pain - pain can be described as sharp, dull, stabbing, |
| Visceral | | | | burning etc. |