--- title: Laser Therapy & Orthopedics | chronic pain crisis description: chronic pain crisis | Learn more about advances in therapeutic lasers and applications for use in orthopedics, pain management and general medicine --- [![Cutting Edge Laser Technologies Logo](https://blog.celasers.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CuttingEdge_September2018/Images/logo.png?width=200&name=logo.png "Cutting Edge Laser Technologies Logo")](https://celasers.com/) # Laser Therapy & Orthopedics ## [Understanding the Chronic Pain Crisis - The Truth Behind Opioids](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us-opioids) Posted by [Niki Lindquist](https://blog.celasers.com/med/author/niki-lindquist) on Jul 25, 2018 1:03:43 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.celasers.com/hubfs/chronic-pain-image-3.png) ](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us-opioids) Solving the chronic pain crisis has stumped the medical community. American media has blamed chronic pain and prescription painkillers for the opioid epidemic, which President Trump declared [“a public health emergency”](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/us/opioid-crisis-public-health-emergency.html) in 2016. [Read More](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us-opioids) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us-opioids#comments-listing) Topics: [opioid](https://blog.celasers.com/med/topic/opioid), [Nation in Pain](https://blog.celasers.com/med/topic/nation-in-pain), [chronic pain crisis](https://blog.celasers.com/med/topic/chronic-pain-crisis) ## [Understanding the Chronic Pain Crisis in the United States](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us) Posted by [Niki Lindquist](https://blog.celasers.com/med/author/niki-lindquist) on Jun 21, 2018 3:46:35 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.celasers.com/hubfs/chronic-pain-image.png) ](https://blog.celasers.com/med/pain-crisis-in-the-us) The phenomenon of pain is something that humans have long experienced since the beginning of time. Pain helps us perceive harmful stimuli, damage, and disease, and without the ability to sense it, our ability to survive wouldn’t be as evolved as it is in the present day. 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