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My medical provider has said my back pain is now chronic. What makes my back pain chronic?

Some sources use pain persisting beyond six weeks, others use three months as the required duration before calling a condition chronic.

Reference: 

C. Young Casey et al. Transition from acute to chronic pain and disability: A model including cognitive, affective, and trauma factors, PAIN January 2008. Volume 134. Issue 1-2. Pp. 69-79.

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