Persistent headache or back pain ‘twice as likely’ in the presence of the other

Professor Martin Underwood, from Warwick Medical School, said: “In most of the studies we found that the odds were about double — either way, you’re about twice as likely to have headaches or chronic low back pain in the presence of the other. Which is very interesting because typically these have been looked as separate disorders and then managed by different people. But this makes you think that there might be, at least for some people, some commonality in what is causing the problem. Read it here

Articles shared from our discussion:
1.Overlapping Chronic Pain Conditions: Implications for Diagnosis and Classification
2. The neurobiology of central sensitization

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