One in five Canadians suffer from chronic pain. When also considering acute injuries, it is likely that most Canadians will experience some sort of pain in their lifetime.
Everyone has experienced a headache at some point in their life, often as a result of muscle tension or stress.
Pain is often associated with some injury or illness, and it’s assumed by many people to be a temporary state. But for some people, pain is a frequent part of their everyday lives.
People with cancer experience a variety of potentially debilitating symptoms both as a part of their treatment and as part of the disease itself.