Intractable Pain in Orthopaedics. Introduction. There’s a say “NO pain, NO gain”. It is a positive quotation used by many people all around the world. It means, chances are that if a person sustained an injury, that injury, once healed, will make the person even stronger and competitive. However, the question here is, is it applicable to all?
Healthy people, who have sustained an injury which can be cure, can use this quotation in order to be look his or her condition positively. But, for those with nerve permanent nerve damage and in most cases, cannot be healed, pain is an enemy not a friend which can make them stronger. Pain is an unpleasant feeling. The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage" . Pain can be acute…
