Even The Greats Deal With Chronic Pain

Category: Pain Care Center

Chronic pain afflicts tens of millions of us. Add its ripple effect on families and businesses and nearly everyone is affected. More than 26 million Americans between the ages of 20-64 experience frequent back pain. And over 42 million adults report that pain or physical discomfort disrupts their sleep a few nights a week or more. -LA Progressive

The quote from above was taken from a great article in LA Progressive regarding the average American's struggle with chronic pain, and how emotional and debilitating it can be. At First Choice Healthcare, we not only seek out the best chronic pain treatments for our patients, we also feel a great sense of empathy on all levels for those struggling with chronic pain. It's an awfully windy road to have to travel, and for chronic pain sufferers in South Carolina, sometimes this road seems to come with too many dead ends.

With the NBA playoffs in full swing, a lot of focus is being placed on basketball, so it's odd when a basketball legend like Bill Walton shifts the spotlight to something a bit more serious. Walton recently opened up to a West Coast newspaper journalist about his life-long struggle with chronic pain. He said that because of the pain, there were moments where his "life wasn't worth living." The chronic pain that Walton has lived through has been unbearable, and after 36 surgeries and many medication regiments, sometimes the pain was far too much to bear.

Chronic pain is not an illusion of the mind, nor an annoying throbbing of the joints, it's a life-altering experience that affects every aspect of living, from interactions with friends and family to getting to work and being able to pay the bills.

Walton suffered from extreme nerve pain, the kind that is incredibly hard to treat. However, after years of treatments he found relief through a less-invasive surgical approach. With our amazing advances in technology and medical treatments, chronic pain can be managed through non-invasive techniques. Walton was lucky enough to find a treatment that worked for him.

Walton was one of the lucky few who had the funds to be able to find a chronic pain treatment that works for him. Many of those suffering from chronic pain don't have the money to try different treatments or pursue different surgical avenues. Usually, there's enough money to give it a single try. That's why we always recommend seeing a local pain specialist here in South Carolina who can truly understand your lifestyle and your pain.