Instegating Pne In Patient Of Algophobic Chronic Low Back Pain

Abstract

Chronic low back pain is the leading cause of disability and health care usage and is also a common condition requiring Physio therapeutic intervention. The most common symptom in musculoskeletal condition is pain. Pain which lasts for less than a 3 months is called as acute pain which last more is defined as chronic pain. Pain is a complex phenomenon involving both emotional and physical component. Current intervention and approaches are more physical component based which leads to treatment of just physical component. the emotional component usually leads to avoidance the avoidance can be because of fear of pain which is termed as algophobia Pain Neuroscience education is useful approaching treatment of emotional component of pain. pne approach includes explanation of pain using photos images videos or even verbally In this report a 65year-old female came with complaints of chronic low back pain for 6 months the p ain was present on the left side. Intervention used is pain neuroscience education to ­­chronic low back pain. The report represents the effectiveness of PNE with the conventional mode of treatment is useful in the treatment of chronic low back pain. The results demonstrated improvement in quality of life and reduced fear and catastrophization.