Chronic pain is a common and complex condition characterised by persistent pain experienced on most days of the week.
Chronic pain conditions can very often be both physically and mentally debilitating.
Chronic pain is common in Australia. One in 5 Australians aged 45 and over are living with persistent, ongoing pain. This pain can be disabling and stressful, making it hard for a person to work and do the things they enjoy. More people are seeing their general practitioner (GP) for chronic pain. In 2018, chronic pain cost an estimated $139 billion in Australia, mostly through reduced quality of life and productivity losses.