The latest version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) recognises Chronic Primary Pain as a new diagnosis, a dis-ease in its own right.

This diagnosis is the correct diagnosis for the majority of persisting pain complaints. It highlights that tissue damage is not the core mechanism driving the ongoing pain experience, even if it might have been the trigger. Instead, social, psychological, emotional, neurobiological, and learned responses are the factors at play. The great news is that by using a neuroplastic, mindbody approach, the treatment for Chronic Primary Pain is very effective.