Chronic pain is often defined as any pain lasting more than the normal healing times of 12 weeks or 3 months. Persistent pain is another name for chronic pain. The terms chronic and persistent only tell us that the pain is ongoing and do not describe severity or the cause of the pain.

Unlike acute pain, where tissue injury and the resulting sensitization causes pain, chronic pain often involves a psychological and social aspect. Advances in modern pain science mean that we now know that chronic pain is often associated with neuroplastic changes that result in altered processing of nociception and the output of pain.

Anytime Physio takes an active approach to treating chronic pain. Our up-to-date physiotherapists attend conferences, conduct pain research and provide their patients with the best management strategies for chronic pain. Anytime Physio treats chronic pain conditions including low back pain, arthritis, migraines and whiplash.