Fordyce W E
Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Service, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Int Disabil Stud. 1988;10(1):29-31. doi: 10.3109/09638288809164056.
Pain is a complex phenomenon. Lack of understanding of its nature leads to two common mistakes in the failed back, firstly to look for a discrete physical cause and secondly to ascribe pain to psychological causes. This paper explores the nature of pain in the failed back and discusses the implications for treatment.