Patients Don’t Come In for Pain—They Come In for This

This study is important for a variety of reasons. One, spinal pain is really common in kids, teens and adolescents. You probably see it in your practice each and every day. And nearly 40% of people under 19 report experiencing spinal pain. That is a massive statistic. We also know that chronic or recurrent pain affects nearly one quarter of kids and teens, impacting things like school attendance, daily activities, quality of life. That life effect or life impact, that's always super critical because, remember, people do not come into your practice because of pain. They come in because of the life impact or life effect of that pain. People will live with pain for a long time, as you well know, and it's only when it disturbs their quality of life to a certain extent that they say, I'm going to go take care of this. Now, that could be for somebody that works out three times a week, injures themselves. Last week they missed two workouts. That's their impact, quality life. They're going to say, I'm coming in today. Other people, 10, 20, 30, how long you've been living with this? 40 years. Right. We hear that all the time. So it's important always to keep in mind this is about function and quality of life. When people come in to see you.