Explain Pain 2nd Edition (RESOLVE Study) - page 109

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TIME
graph 2: ‘tRYING TO BEAT PAIN’
aMOUNT OF activity
incapacitated
pain onset
flare-up
occurs
eventual activity limit
working through
pain and not
giving in
TIME
graph 1: ‘aVOIDING pAIN’
eventual activity limit
aMOUNT OF activity
pain onset The brain learns to make
pain earlier and earlier
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