Dr. Sanjay Gupta

I think now that he's addressing that more, I think in a very, very intentional way, he's starting to get relief from his pain.

Absolutely.

Previous history of pain is a big one.

If you've had pain in the past, then you have a relationship with pain.

And for many people, that amplifies a future pain experience.

Depression.

About 40% of people with chronic pain also have depression.

anxiety.

Mostly untreated forms of this, but even in people who have some forms of treatment, they may still have added chronic pain.

Poor sleep.

That was a big one.

And again, it's a bi-directional sort of relationship.

Pain worsens sleep, sleep worsens pain.

But those are some of the big things I think that have always felt a little squishy in terms of the relationship to pain.

I think certainly how we move, how we nourish ourselves and how we rest, I think are things that are important with all chronic diseases, but especially with pain.

And I think the idea that as a general rule, if you're told that you're in pain, you're told to

not move, to sort of stay still.

And I think the data is very clear on this, that that's not the right answer.

Look, if you have a broken foot or something like that, no one's telling you to walk on that.

But for the most part, movement is really important.