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New CDC reports finds one in FIVE Americans are living with chronic pain - here's what you can do about it without turning to prescription meds
2023-04-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Between 20 and 22 percent of Americans live with persistent, debilitating pain

  • Women, divorced people, and people in poor health suffered the most acutely

  • With the opioid crisis raging doctors recommend some non-drug treatments
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Completely agree with #1 Skidmark.

We are in our 70s and have a lot more pain than we did 40 years ago. As do most of our older friends.
Posted by: Tom   2023-04-15 11:33  

#6  Wait until all these young fat kids hit their 30s.

Think Frank Thomas is pitching another, though not entirely unrelated, aging compensation.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2023-04-15 11:15  

#5  I thought it was going to be an ad with a pitch from The Big Hurt aka Frank Thomas.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-15 09:39  

#4  Chronic pain, the doctors will not prescribe pain killers to relieve the suffering.

"Ma'am, we have a pain management slot open at 2:30 today...."
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-04-15 09:38  

#3  If the chronic pain is some other person, there's not much you can do but self-medicate.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2023-04-15 09:38  

#2  Lift weights

Stretch

FIDO
Posted by: Cesare   2023-04-15 09:35  

#1  Maybe it's due to aging.

The global population pyramid

Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-15 07:05  

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