Referred Pain
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Referred pain is pain that is felt in an area of the body that is different than the area that is injured, where you would expect the pain to be. The most well know form of referred pain is feeling pain in the left arm or shoulder when the actual cause is the heart during a heart attack. Other structures can refer pain such as muscles, joints and ligaments. These structures can refer pain to different areas of the body.
Another example that chiropractors deal with is headaches and migraines.
In most cases the head/brain are not the source of the pain. The brain is not pain sensitive. The pain felt in the head is referred from the muscles and ligaments in the neck. It is important to consider referred pain when coming up with a diagnosis. I have dealt with cases of referred pain and have help a lot of patients with it.
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