Chronic pain is generally defined as pain that has lasted three months or longer.

慢性疼痛通常被定义为持续了三个月或更长时间的疼痛。

Doctors also distinguish between acute pain and chronic pain.

医生也会区分急性疼痛和慢性疼痛。

So I started to research the history of chronic pain.

于是我开始研究慢性疼痛的历史。

And let's say chronic back pain. Back pain is better.

就说是慢性背痛吧 背痛好点儿。

Botulinum toxin may help relieve chronic pain ARTHRITIS is the bane of millions of lives.

肉毒杆菌毒素也许能够帮助缓解慢性疾病的痛苦关节炎是数百万人的噩梦。

They also want to learn how the brain separates immediate pain from chronic pain.

他们还想知道大脑是如何区分即时疼痛和慢性疼痛的。

About 39 clinical trials found that doing acupuncture significantly improved the control of chronic pain.

大约 39 项临床试验发现，针灸显著改善了对慢性疼痛的控制。

A near-fatal bus accident at 18, left Frida crippled and in chronic pain her whole life.

18岁时，一场几乎致命的公共汽车事故使弗里达终身残疾，并在慢性疼痛中度过。

Meditation is increasingly used to help treat substance abuse, traumatic stress, eating disorders and chronic pain.

冥想被越来越多地用于治疗药物滥用、创伤性压力、饮食失调和慢性疼痛。

UCLA Gastroenterologist Emeran Mayer said this disease is not the only cause of chronic pain in the body.

加州大学洛杉矶分校胃肠病学家艾默兰·梅耶尔表示这种疾病并不是身体内慢性疼痛的唯一原因。

And that actually has been shown to result in long term chronic pain for cats who have been declawed.

而且实际上已经证明它会导致被去爪的猫长期慢性疼痛。

So I think a lot of people now agree with the concept that chronic pain is a brain disease.

所以我认为很多人现在接受这一概念, 即慢性疼痛是一种大脑疾病。

And here's another reason to be down with downward-facing dog. Stress can make symptoms of chronic pain and depression worse.

人们弯腰做下犬式动作还有另一个原因。压力能使人们的慢性疼痛和抑郁病恶化。

Chronic pain, however it is experienced by people, is an enormous problem (see chart).

无论人们经历什么，慢性疼痛都是一个巨大的问题（见图表）。

The result, the theory goes, would be an end to the chronic inflammation that arthritis causes, and thus to the chronic pain.

如果这个理论可行，那么由关节炎所导致的慢性炎症将被终结，同时被终结的，还有长期以来的痛苦。

And I struggle also with chronic pain.

我也在与慢性疼痛作斗争。

These forms of amplification are most common in people experiencing chronic pain, which is defined as pain lasting more than 3 months.

这些形式的放大最常见于经历慢性疼痛的人，即持续3个月以上的疼痛。

Chronic pain is more persistent, and can last for months or even longer.

慢性疼痛更为持久，可持续数月甚至更长时间。

But for chronic pain sufferers like Laura, they're life-changing.

但对于像劳拉这样的慢性疼痛患者来说，它们正在改变他们的生活。

There are many chronic pain sufferers.

有许多慢性疼痛患者。