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Six Main Types of Chronic Pain

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Updated November 25, 2009

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Types of Chronic Pain: Somatic Pain
Somatic pain is a type of nociceptive pain. Somatic pain refers to pain detected by sensory nerves in the muscles, skin and soft tissues.

When you experience somatic pain, nociceptors send pain messages to the spinal cord and brain for interpretation. This type of pain is often easy to locate, as sensory nerves are well-distributed throughout soft tissue.

Examples of somatic pain include:

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