Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless. Four months in on chronic pain and it lines up.

You have two changes at once here. You cannot attribute anything until one of them moves.

Worth asking what specifically was measured. Pain scores move with mood and function does not.

Reference ranges differ between labs, so comparing two reports is close to meaningless.

Where does the human data stop and the extrapolation begin? That is the whole thread.