Hi. I'm Rowe Jones, a former chronic pain sufferer. This site is all about supplying you with the latest information on chronic pain (headache, back pain, arthritis and fibromyalgia). I also want to help motivate you to help make your life a little brighter.
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Chronic Pain Makes Brain Thinner, Effects Reversible
A new strange, but true, study study suggest that people who suffer from chronic low-back pain have thinner and fewer brain cells than those who do not.
The good new is, says study researchers, some of this damage can be reversed.
According to the study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, just six months after treatment of the chronic pain study participants brains showed fewer signs of abnormalities associated with chronic pain.
Pain and the Brain
Pain occurs where there is an initial injury to which your body sends pain signals along the nerves to the brain. However, in the case of chronic pain these pain signals do not subside after the injury goes away and pain signals continue to fire for months or even years. Chronic pain can cause depression along with cognitive impairments such as lack of of memory, concentration and judgment.
