PAIN-BACK PAIN, ETIOLOGY

SUMMARY

1. Nociceptive pain: may be musculo-ligamentous, facet arthropathy or discogenic in origin. Characterised by focal pain and may be experienced in one or multiple sites.

2. Neuropathic pain: pain cased by a lesion of the somatosensory system.

3. Nociplastic pain: pain that arises from altered nociception, there is no tissue damage. This is cahracterised by 'sensitization'.

4. Somatic referred pain: is a function of interneuronal convergence within the spinal cord. Characterised by a deep ache.

5. Radicular pain: pain produced by injury to one or more nerve roots. Characterised by neuropathic pain along a dermatome.

6. Radiculopathy: refers to neurological deficits associated with nerve root irritation, altered sensation, reflexes or weakness.

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