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Pain Medicine 2017
October 19-20, 2017
Volume 6, Issue 6 (Suppl)
J Pain Relief, an open access journal
ISSN: 2167-0846
October 19-20, 2017 San Francisco, USA
4
th
International Conference on
Pain Medicine
Chronic pain, function and renewing of hope
Henk van der Veen
Chronic Pain Science Foundation, Netherlands
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his presentation is about chronic pain that has no known substrate, which is a well-known major problem worldwide and for
which there is no real solution. The condition is severely debilitating with major psychosocial and economic consequences. This is
actually quite amazing considering the history has given indications, and sometimes even more than that, to further research a variety
of hypotheses. Here is where science is cutting off its nose to spite its own face: Research and scientific discoveries are considered to
be obsolete or "out of date" after two to five years. Regular evaluation of old studies never or hardly ever takes place in the "rat race" of
premiers. This presentation is such an evaluation in a nutshell where the past, present and future is tied together briefly, because one
hundred years of chronic pain has to be summarized in 20 minutes. There is still hope.
Biography
Henk van der Veen graduated as a Medical Doctor at University of Groningen, the Netherlands in 1972. He worked as Family Physician in a practice with another physician
until 1991. He worked as Pain Researcher since 1975. Since 1980, he has been pioneer in infrared thermography for conditions with chronic pain, in particular chronic pain
without an identifiable substrate. He is now Occupational Physician since 1991.
Henk@chronic-pain-science.nlHenk van der Veen, J Pain Relief 2017, 6:6 (Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/2167-0846-C1-017