Table 5.
Sample posts relevant to chronic pain detected within the public timelines of our automatically built cohort. The posts present a plethora of information including the types and descriptions of chronic pain, therapies, social support, questions about therapy and chronic pain, self-management strategies, mental health, and treatment access (including health insurance coverage).
| Post | Type of Information |
|---|---|
| Chronic pain does suck. Now that years of hip pain is gone I'm back to the lower back pain. Granted not near as bad as it was. I can control it thru movement/targeted exercise. But still have a day here n there that just suck. Getting old is not for the weak of spirit/humor. | Type and description of chronic pain |
| Therapy | |
| pain in my shoulders + back with an undiagnosed cause and i hate how often people tell me to go to a chiro!!!if several people with medical degrees can't figure me out, i definitely don't trust someone without one | Type and description of chronic pain |
| Therapy | |
| Years of oxy have made it worse and now on top of my pain I have lost everything | Type and description of pain |
| Therapy | |
| Impact of long-term therapy (opioid) | |
| I tried that too!! Tapered over months and no opioids wd… finding the right partner is key… thank you for your help | Self-management strategy |
| Therapy | |
| Social support | |
| my #chronicpain family has kept me going. Wud’ve given up way back otherwise | Social support |
| did a cold compresss help with the knee? Mine flares up after evry game | Question about therapy |
| Periodic reminder that corsetry is actually amazing, fixes back pain, keeps you from slouching, supports your boobs, and in my case, was a way to address mild body dysmorphia without risking my own tendency to obsess over things getting pointed at diet and exercise | Therapy |
| it took a toll on my #mentalhealth too.. never thought I would make it but now im clean for 3 months and rying alt treatments | Therapy |
| Mental health | |
| Self-management | |
| My insurance wont cover it though… so back to oain meds again and then they’ll treat me like a junkie. Y isn’t anyone doing anything about this??? #chronicpain | Therapy |
| Insurance/treatment access |