A Lesson in Chronic Pain Management from Nietzsche

"He who has a why to live for can bear with almost any how."   I bet you've never seen a Friedrich Nietzsche quote in a work comp blog post before. I came across this in a book recently, but I've also seen it plastered on social media and an occasional wall poster. Leaving aside for a moment the fact that the quote is almost always taken out of context (Nietzsche wasn't exactly the most uplifting philosopher of the 19th Century), the quote still offers insight into the most difficult and frustrating dynamic of chronic pain management:  The psycho-soc...