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When medical professionals doubt your pain experience

My physical therapist says my back pain should be better by now and maybe I'm just not trying hard enough, but I swear I'm doing everything right.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Professional authority can invalidate personal suffering, creating a crisis of trust in both medical care and self-knowledge.

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“Where Are You with Pain — acute and chronic management?”

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