What is "somatic pain"?

What is "somatic pain"?

Marc Darrow (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Joint Rehabilitation Sports Medical Center, Inc. ) gives expert video advice on: What are some specific types of chronic pain?; What is "somatic pain"?; How is somatic pain treated? and more...

Somatic pain is pain that deals really with the body as a whole; maybe the muscular, skeletal system would be another term for it. We're dealing with the joints of the body. We're dealing with the tendons that move the joints. We're dealing with ligaments that hold the bones together and the collagen that wraps around the joints; things of that nature. We're dealing with the collagen, the bones, and the muscles.