For many individuals struggling with the day-to-day difficulties of chronic pain, it can be difficult to imagine a...
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Changing the Pain Equation: Solving Pain Together
Chronic pain is complex. Solving it is equally so. There are more than 51.6 million Americans living with chronic...
Happiness can be Medicine for the Soul
Happiness is such a joy and medicine to the soul as I navigate life with chronic pain. For me, it can range from...
Regaining Confidence After a Cardiac Event
Life has a wonderful way of rapidly changing from appearing to be running smoothly to suddenly feeling out of control....
What Happens if My Caregiver Passes Before Me?
There are moments in my daily life when I get a feeling of anxiety and potential loss, wondering how I could possibly...
Knowledge Produces Education and Compassion
Approximately two years ago, I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Up to that point in my life, I'd experienced 73...
Reflecting Back on 2022 Accomplishments
2022 was a busy year for us. Here are some of our accomplishments this year:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Makes a Major Move to Improve Pain Care
This past November, CMS announced that starting January 1, 2023, Medicare will pay physicians in all states and other...
The Unknowns of Long COVID and its Impact on Chronic Pain
In March 2020, Melissa Geraghty, PsyD—a licensed clinical health psychologist and CEO of Phoenix Rising with Dr. G who...
Acute Pain: Managing pain immediately
Even the most cautious, careful person will experience hundreds of instances of pain in their lifetime. A stubbed toe....
An interview with Cindy Steinberg: CDC’s final issued Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
On November 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its final 2022 Clinical Guideline for...
When pain doesn’t leave: The intersection of acute and chronic pain
According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional...