Pain and Connective Tissue Properties: Types of Pain
Tissue injury pain relates to somatic structures, while nervous system injury pain includes neurogenic or radicular and pain generated with the central nervous system. The other source of pain that occasionally must be considered in the differential diagnosis is visceral pain from organs.
Basic Pain Types
Pain Type Structures Involved
Somatic pain Musculoskeletal tissue
Radicular pain Nerve root/dorsal root ganglion/dura
Central pain Central Nervous System
Visceral pain Visceral organs
