Non-medication methods of chronic pain treatment

Chronic pain according to the definition of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) is pain lasting more than 3 months and accompanied by impaired emotional and social adaptation. As of 2018, the World Health Organization published the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases, which amended the classification of pain syndrome, where «chronic pain» appeared. Chronic pain is considered a distinct pathology, hence, like most diseases it has a number of risk factors that influence the severity, intensity and course of the pain syndrome. Due to the prevalence and special pathogenesis of this pathology acute there is a question of correction of this condition. Chronic pain in the present time is the actual current research as is the prevalence of pathology and affects different areas of medicine. At the moment there is a wide range of methods of correction of this disease with proven effectiveness, common methods are regular moderate physical activity in combination with massage, reflexology, kinesiotaping and cryoneurolysis. At the same time, the greatest effectiveness in the fight against pain syndrome can be achieved only by applying a comprehensive approach to this pathology, affecting all stages of pathogenesis.