What exactly was the nature of her chronic pain?
I realize she was in a car accident but how did that chronic pain manifest, exactly? What was her official problem and what were the specific symptoms?
shareThis is just a guess, but maybe it is something like this?
How does post-fracture pain develop?
When a bone sustains enough force to be fractured, it is quite likely that ligaments and tendons are damaged as well. And while bones generally heal quite well on their own with the help of a cast, ligaments and tendons usually do not heal completely. In addition, post-fracture pain may be due to the fact that the outside of the bone, or the periosteum, hasn’t completely healed, something that would not show up on an X-ray. The inside of a bone does not contain nerve endings and therefore cannot feel pain, the outside of the bone does.
http://www.caringmedical.com/treatment/post-fracture-pain/ share