Military veteran living with chronic pain for a decade says he had to learn to ‘push through’

Paul Roos served for nine years in the Canadian Armed Forces. His chronic pain began in 2012

Military veteran living with chronic pain for a decade says he had to learn to ‘push through’


CBC News (Hamilton)

Paul Roos has been living with chronic pain for the last 10 years — a direct result of injuries he sustained while serving as an infantry officer in the Canadian Armed Forces. Roos, also the director of operations with the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans in Hamilton, says chronic pain is a condition affecting roughly 20 per cent of Canadians … Roos said he eventually met a chiropractor in a pain clinic who was able to reduce the pain levels, and walked him through “what is an acceptable level of pain that you should push through and what you shouldn’t push through.”

September 19, 2022
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