Categories of Patient Attributions Regarding Perceived Causes of Pain
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DEGENERATIVE
“Degenerative processes”“Scoliosis”“Overworking my back muscles to cause spinal disc to bulge”“Lack of flexibility”“Weak core and abdominal muscles”“Bad posture”“Sports injury”“Falling—ice skating as a child”“Pushing a car out of the snow 40 years ago”“Gymnastics”“Rowing”“Playing three sports in high school”“Lack of treatment early in life”“Inadequate self-care”“Too busy to take care of my body properly”“Sedentary work/lifestyle”“Inactive lifestyle—I sit a lot in front of a computer or in a car”“Sitting for 8-14 h/day”“Stress”“Stressful job”“Personality”“Outlook on life”“Guilt”“Putting everyone else’s needs before my own”“Neural pathways”“Brain pathways that developed and stayed even after healing”“Overactive pain response”“Genetics”“Birth defect”“Hereditary”“Age”“Aging”Categories were derived from discussion among authors masked to treatment condition and time point analyses. Prevalence rates for each category are shown in 