Pain Doesn't Discriminate By Age When you’re a child, people may think you’re too young for chronic pain. When you’re...
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This Pain Awareness Month, Let’s Change Pain
All Ages. Countless Diagnoses. Millions of Stories. One Movement. #OneVoiceForPain | Pain Awareness Month 2026 Chronic...
How to Protect Your Long-Term Disability Benefits After Approval When You Live With Chronic Pain
By Jennifer Hess and Samantha Wladich, Riemer Hess LLC Getting approved for long-term disability (LTD) benefits can...
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...