India, Sept. 21 -- Have you ever suffered a serious injury that healed physically, only to find that the area still hurts when you touch it or feels unusually sensitive during certain movements? While it may seem like the injury has not healed completely, the lingering pain could have less to do with the original wound and more to do with how your nervous system is processing pain.

Dr Kunal Sood, an anaesthesiologist and interventional pain medicine physician, is breaking down why pain can sometimes linger long after an injury has physically healed. In an Instagram video shared on September 20, the physician explains, "Pain does not always follow the same timeline as tissue healing. In some people, the original injury improves while the ...