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1 | Chronic back pain patients can still be expected to fulfill work and family responsibilities despite pain | |||||||
2 | An increase in pain is an indicator that chronic back pain patients should stop what they are doing until the pain decreases | |||||||
3 | Chronic back pain patients cannot go about normal life activities when they are in pain | |||||||
4 | If their pain would go away, chronic back pain patients would be every bit as active as they used to be | |||||||
5 | Chronic back pain patients should have the same benefits as the handicapped because of their chronic pain problem | |||||||
6 | Chronic back pain patients owe it to themselves and those around them to perform their usual activities when their pain is bad | |||||||
7 | Most people expect too much of chronic back pain patients, given their pain | |||||||
8 | Chronic back pain patients have to be careful not to do anything that might make their pain worse | |||||||
9 | As long as they are in pain, chronic back pain patients will never be able to live as well as they did before | |||||||
10 | When their pain gets worse, chronic back pain patients find it very hard to concentrate on anything else | |||||||
11 | Chronic back pain patients have to accept that they are disabled because of their chronic pain | |||||||
12 | There is no way that chronic back pain patients can return to doing the things that they used to do unless they find a cure for their pain | |||||||
13 | Chronic back pain patients find themselves frequently thinking about their pain and what it has done to their life | |||||||
14 | Even though their pain is always there, chronic back pain patients often do not notice it at all when they are keeping themselves busy | |||||||
15 | All of chronic back pain patients’ problems would be solved if their pain would go away |