No Pain, Big Gain: Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain Can Reverse Abnormal Brain Activity and Function

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/05/110517171114.htm

ScienceDaily (May 17, 2011) — It likely comes as no surprise that low back pain is the most common form of chronic pain among adults. Lesser known is the fact that those withchronic pain also experience cognitive impairments and reduced gray matter in parts of the brain associated with pain processing and the emotional components of pain, like depression and anxiety.

n a longitudinal study published this week in the Journal of Neuroscience, a group of pain researchers from McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) posed a fundamental question: If you can alleviate chronic low back pain, can you reverse these changes in the brain?

The answer is yes, they say.

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