Case study 1

A 24-year-old woman presented with a gradual onset, severe, persistent, throbbing right frontal headache associated with nausea, photophobia and motion sensitivity

She also described intermittent tingling in the peri-oral region and in the right arm, gradually spreading down to her...

Pain has been described as: “An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.”

We have all heard this definition at one time or another. Chronic pain and associated conditions require further explanation. This goes part of...

In its most benign form pain warns us that something isn’t quite right, that we should take medicine or see a doctor. At its worst, however, pain robs us of our productivity, our well-being, and, for the many people suffering chronic pain, their very lives. 

The International Association for the Study of...