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Treating Chronic Pain
Brittney Fulcher, NP, Deaconess Comprehensive Pain Center
It is estimated that 50 million adults suffer from chronic pain in the United States. This pain can be mild or severe, episodic or continuous, merely inconvenient or totally incapacitating. Chronic pain is pain that persists for longer than 3-6 months.