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Treatment of Chronic Pain by Integrative Approaches

Abstract

Muscles represent approximately 40–50 % of the body by weight yet are generally absent from our evaluation and treatment protocols for common pain syndromes. This chapter will provide a brief background on the history of the understanding of muscle pain, its epidemiology and pathophysiology, problems in implementing a universally accepted approach to its diagnosis and treatment, and a suggested protocol for the inclusion of muscle evaluation and treatment in all instances of subacute and chronic pain presentations.

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