Did You Know September Is
National Pain Awareness Month?
National Pain Awareness Month was created in September 2001 to increase awareness about the effects of pain,
open the lines of communication in our local communities so that pain can be better understood and managed,
and to educate citizens about the advanced treatment options available to help alleviate pain.
Pain affects
more Americans
than diabetes,
heart disease and
cancer combined.1
Workers lose
an average of 4.6
hours per week
of productive
time due to a
pain condition.2
An estimated
20 percent of
American adults
report that pain
disrupts their
sleep a few nights
a week or more.3
80 percent of
people in the
United States
will experience
back pain at
some point in
their lives.4
Besides the
common cold,
back pain is the
number one
reason people
visit their
family doctors.5
83 million
Americans
indicate that pain
affects basic
functioning in their
everyday lives.6
Daily Habits to Help Reduce Pain
Healthy Diet.
Quit Smoking.
Exercise.
Participate in Life.
PA R K E R C O U N T Y T O D AY
Sources: 1National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2016, Special Feature on Pain With Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans. Hyattsville,
MD. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus06.pdf., 2Results from the American Productivity Audit. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14665809.,
3
National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org. Sleep in America poll. 2000., 41 Vallfors B. Acute, Subacute and Chronic Low Back Pain: Clinical Symptoms,
Absenteeism and Working Environment. Scan J Rehab Med Suppl1985; 11: 1-98., 5U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2012, 6The American Academy of Pain Medicine;
http://painmed.org/patientcenter/facts_on_pain.aspx
SEPTEMBER 2016
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