Acute pain that occurs from time to time protects our body from danger. It is an alarm signal that brings threatening external influences or dysfunctions within the body to our attention. Without this protective function, we humans would hardly be able to survive. As creatures capable of learning, we process pain in the same manner as other experiences: we remind ourselves of its causes and consequences, and the sensation of pain makes a deep impression on our memory. This positive function of pain is lost, however, when it becomes chronic. A new, self-standing symptom develops: the chronic disease of pain. For this reason, already the first signs of an orthopedic disease must be taken seriously as early as possible, and treated with all therapeutic means available.

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