There are more than 100 million Americans affected by chronic pain according to a study conducted by the Institute of Medicine. Chronic pain affects more Americans than Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer combined. Most common is lower back pain in 27%, neck pain 15%, severe headache 15% and facial pain is 4%. Chronic pain affects more women than men leading to problems sleeping which makes pain worse. No wonder, 77% of people report feeling depressed due to chronic pain. The traditional way of pain management can be very risky with side effects, does not last (using steroids), and potential of hypertension and kidney disease with non-steroidal and even worse with opioid use which has caused many serious problems including death due to respiratory arrest, addiction, neuromuscular impairment which leads to falls. which could significantly interfere with travel plans and tourism activities.
