Nerve or Muscle Pain? You Decide!
Check out the table below to see if you can figure out if your chronic pain is what is considered "nerve pain" or if your pain
is coming from a muscle injury or something else.
| Nerve Pain |
Muscle Pain |
Doesn't seem to be caused by an event or trauma |
Caused by a physical injury, such as a fall |
| Constant and/or recurring pain that doesn’t seem to go away |
Pain that stops once an injury heals |
| Burning, stabbing, pins & needles; even wearing clothing is painful |
Sore and achy muscles |
| Feel depressed, helpless; normal pain medicine like aspirin
does not stop the
pain |
Feel distressed but hopeful because
more pain medicine relieves the pain
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Check out the following to get more information or to see what your next step should be!
Maybe you have Nerve Pain?
You may have Nerve Pain? What's Next?
So is Sciatica Nerve Pain?
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