Doctors should not only give an mri they should give an electrollas on the complete nervous system. This will identify the damage cronic pain has done. In Canada I have found out inregards to my research the people who write up the mri are guessing about 60 percent of the time and cannot make an informed decision effecting the quality of life of the patient. The person who write these paper up should call the patient and asked about his or her pain condition . This would give that person more knowledge to make an informed decision
A policy need to be put in place to make this law.i try mediation and breathing exercises to relax the nervous sysyem . Must be consistence.

Excellent answer and good persepctive

The short answer is, kind of. Unrelieved pain compounds. Some of the pain medicines we use like gabapentin and pregabalin can also make us more sensitive to pain in the long run.