After injury and chronic illness changed her life, one discovers that moving forward doesn’t mean going back—it means redefining purpose and self-worth.

A teen shares a powerful perspective on living with chronic pain—finding friendship, creativity, and joy while navigating chronic illness.

Learn how Social Security Disability (SSDI) works for chronic pain conditions. Understand SSA requirements, the five-step evaluation process, and how to strengthen your disability claim.

An educational overview of how long-term disability claims are evaluated for chronic pain.

When chronic illness reshapes life’s plans, one advocate shares how she learned to travel the world through connection and imagination.

Tips for people living with chronic pain on preparing for a first visit with a new doctor, including what information to bring and how to advocate for yourself.

Army veteran Lexi Mitchell shares her journey with chronic pain, resilience, and the unseen cost of military life.

At 75, living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain, Ellen Lenox Smith reflects on resilience, vulnerability, and the strength to keep going.

Recently, while I was having a rougher day with my condition, called Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, I had this unwanted and embarrassing feeling of wishing someone would think to ask how I was doing. I find that since this challenge has been going on for me for so long, others often just accept that I am...

Those of us who live with chronic pain don’t always approach a holiday with the same enthusiasm as others. I struggle with my emotions and increased anxiety as holidays get closer due to the potential issues they may bring on. To make it worse, it is hard for a person not living with pain to...

Learn why disease awareness is essential for diabetes and diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN)—from recognizing symptoms to treatment and research options.

Behind every chart is a life. One mother’s story of pediatric chronic pain exposes the heartbreak, resilience, and hope in the face of invisibility.