Daytime pain complaints were evaluated by a clinician and self - report questionnaires, which assessed lifetime headache frequency and headache characteristics.
The finding of reduced cortical activation in the visual and auditory brain areas that were associated with
patient pain complaints may offer novel targets for neurostimulation treatments in fibromyalgia patients.»
In these circumstances that were brought to Dr. O'Connor's attention, he concluded that the farther the low
back pain complaint was from the accident, the less likely that it had been caused by the accident.
This sentiment (no objective determinants — no
valid pain complaint) is not uncommon for many in the medical industry, who can often dismiss chronic pain as an artificial illness.»
He categorically dismisses chronic
pain complaints unless, as he said, he can see or understand the mechanism causing the complaint.
Daytime pain complaints were evaluated by a clinician along with self - report questionnaires, which assessed lifetime headache frequency and headache characteristics.
«If you feel you are not heard, or that
your pain complaints are not being taken seriously, you can and should see another doctor,» she says.
We tend not think about how we sit, stand, or walk unless we have some type of injury or
pain complaint.
Moreover, a report can not be faulted for excluding symptoms or
pain complaints that an individual never disclosed to their assessor.