More facts about Chronic Pain

* Chronic pain can be treated effectively with early intervention by an appropriate trained specialist at an out patient clinic at a reasonable cost.
* A Consumer Report Book, Mind,Body,Medicine, quotes Dennis Turk, Ph.D., an expert in the field of chronic pain, that some 10 to 30 percent of Americans suffer to some degree from pain that serves no function and can become a tremendous burden. Chronic pain also has a high social cost. More that 11.7 million Americans are significantly impaired and 2.6 million are permanently disabled by back pain alone. One national survey found that more than 550 million days are lost from work each year because of pain. According to to recent estimates, the cost of disability compensation and loss of productivity may be as high as 100 billion annually.