{"id":34973,"date":"2026-10-24T16:19:51","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/ufaq\/betekent-langdurige-pijn-dat-mijn-lichaam-steeds-verder-beschadigt\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T16:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T14:19:51","slug":"betekent-langdurige-pijn-dat-mijn-lichaam-steeds-verder-beschadigt","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/ufaq\/betekent-langdurige-pijn-dat-mijn-lichaam-steeds-verder-beschadigt\/","title":{"rendered":"Does chronic pain mean that my body is becoming increasingly damaged?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.frisk-faq-search-heading{text-align:center;font-size:28px;margin:28px 0 10px}.frisk-faq-search-help{text-align:center;color:#42545a;margin-bottom:24px}#ewd-ufaq-jquery-ajax-search{max-width:900px!important;width:100%!important;margin:0 auto 32px!important}#ewd-ufaq-jquery-ajax-search 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Pain may persist whilst the nervous system is more sensitive and several factors are at play. That does not mean the pain is imaginary. However, new or clearly changed symptoms do need to be reassessed.<\/p>\n<p>Further information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thuisarts.nl\/chronische-pijn\/ik-heb-pijn-die-langer-blijft-chronische-pijn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home doctor.co.uk<\/a>. See also our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/chronische-pijn-amstelveen\/\">counselling in Amstelveen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-permalink'>\n\t\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/ufaq\/betekent-langdurige-pijn-dat-mijn-lichaam-steeds-verder-beschadigt\/\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t <div class='ewd-ufaq-permalink-image'><\/div> \t\n\t<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Betekent langdurige pijn dat mijn lichaam steeds verder beschadigt? Niet automatisch. Pijn kan blijven bestaan terwijl het zenuwstelsel gevoeliger reageert en meerdere factoren meespelen. Dat betekent niet dat de pijn ingebeeld is. Nieuwe of duidelijk veranderde klachten moeten wel opnieuw worden beoordeeld. Meer informatie: Thuisarts.nl. Bekijk ook onze begeleiding in Amstelveen.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":719,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ufaq-category":[3388],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-34973","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-behandelingen-en-fysiotherapie","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/34973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/719"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=34973"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.friskfysio.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=34973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}