Pain, like the nervous system itself, is classified in a multiplicity of ways, and these vary in type and number from authority to authority. The most common category is nociceptive pain, which simply means stimulated pain. It’s the pain you get when you stub a toe or break your shoulder in a fall. It is sometimes referred to as “good” pain, in the sense that it is the kind of pain that tells you to rest the affected part and give it a chance to heal. A second type is inflammatory pain, for when tissue becomes swollen and red. A third category is dysfunctional pain, which is pain without
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