Sleep, pain, and the problem with treating sleep to relieve pain

Sleep and pain are reliably linked. Numerous reviews and meta-analyses have reached this conclusion [1 –5], and work on this subject has accelerated in recent years. A very basic Google Scholar search of articles including the terms “sleep” and “pain” yields 866,000 results over the past decade compared to 386,000 results over the prior decade. As research methods have become more intricate and interest in the association of sleep and pain has burgeoned, clear directional relations between sleep and pain have emerged, suggesting that treating sleep might improve chronic pain.
Source: Sleep Medicine - Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research