By Nayeli R. Hevezi Chronic pain will always be frustrating and exhausting. However, the pain shouldn't make us lose...
Blog Articles
Social Security Disability and Chronic Pain: Understanding the Claims Process
By Brian Mittman, Markhoff & Mittman, PC Chronic pain can affect every aspect of your life, especially your...
Long-Term Disability and Chronic Pain: What the Claims Process Often Misses
By Jennifer Hess and Samantha Wladich, Riemer Hess LLC Living with chronic pain usually means adapting—again and...
Traveling Through Your Eyes
As life moves forward, many of us have dreams of the places and things we would like to see and experience through...
Preparing for a New Doctor When You Live With Chronic Pain
Many of us living with pain have experienced the challenge of no longer being able to see our familiar doctors. In my...
The Weight We Carry: Pain, Resilience, and Recovery in Military Life
By Lexi Mitchell When people think about military service, they often picture discipline, strength, and resilience....
I am Real and Have My Life to Live with Chronic Pain. Do I have the Strength to Keep Fighting?
Now at the age of 75, even after years of living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, I still get embarrassed and disappointed...
Know Someone With Pain? Check in With Them Today
Recently, while I was having a rougher day with my condition, called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, I had this unwanted and...
Why Holidays Bring on Anxiety: Living with Chronic Pain
Those of us who live with chronic pain don’t always approach a holiday with the same enthusiasm as others. I struggle...
In Their Own Words: The Faces Behind Pain Research
Throughout the U.S. Pain Foundation’s #KNOWresearch campaign this KNOWvember, pain scientists across the country...
You’re the Expert: Why Lived Experience Belongs in Pain Research
Pain research has traditionally involved the same step-by-step process: Develop a research question. Design a study....
From Barriers to Bridges: Making Pain Research More Inclusive
Pain research is strongest when it is inclusive and accessible to every group and population that can benefit from...