Chronic pain is generally defined as any persisting pain that occurs beyond the usual course of a disease or beyond the reasonable time for an injury to heal. It negatively impacts all areas of a person’s life, including their home life, work life and emotional well being. It is a syndrome that also dramatically affects those close to the afflicted person.
        In the past, the person had to have endured pain for a least six months. Today, in part to better diagnostic training and education, the diagnosis often can be made after a few weeks.
        People who develop Chronic Pain Syndrome find their ability to cope severely curtailed. Often independent people, they become (necessarily) dependent on their physicians, families and friends for help. They relinquish their domestic, social and vocational lives to their pain.
        Often, they have difficulty recovering benefits from their insurance companies. It is difficult doing the simplest tasks, and filing a legal claim to recover their benefits can seem like an insurmountable hurdle.
        The attorneys at Krafchick Law Firm care, and have represented many people who have developed Chronic Pain Syndrome.