The journey of living with chronic pain – with its roadblocks, pitfalls, and detours—can be next to impossible to understand for those who aren’t walking its path.Download the Journey MapBut…
By exposing the body to painful stimuli in a gradual way, desensitization therapy can help improve painful responses to touch experienced by individuals living with neuropathic pain.Typically administered by occupational…
While the core tenets of chiropractic treatment involve belief in the efficacy of spinal manipulation, the frequently interdisciplinary aspect of chiropractors’ care may be one of the main reasons people…
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. The five stages of grief were introduced by psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969 to describe the grieving process when you lose someone. But what about…
Sean Mackey, MD, PhD, has seen a lot of people with pain.He knows that many of them feel marginalized, ignored, and untreated.As people living with chronic pain know so well,…
Sharon Field, 63, has managed her debilitating back pain and osteoarthritis for almost two decades with prescribed opioids. But when she had a knee replacement surgery scheduled for the summer…
Virtual reality (VR) for pain control dates back to at least the 1990s, when researcher Hunter Hoffman at the University of Washington provided burn victims with a chilled environment and…
Individuals facing a lifetime of chronic pain – and their loved ones—often seek new ways to cope, particularly when medical care doesn’t completely ease their pain.Reading, writing, and art can…
In the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act, the first major federal legislation to address the opioid crisis, Congress included one provision on pain management. It directed the U.S. Department of…
Most people never give a second thought to the months, years, and even decades it may take for a new drug to pass stringent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards….
Navigating the landscape of complementary or alternative therapies for chronic pain can be overwhelming.Not all treatments are created equal in regard to safety, scientific basis, and the likelihood they will…
Nearly every person with chronic pain has been told, “You’ll feel better if you exercise.” But simply telling people to be physically active when they have untreated pain or unaddressed…