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When Acceptance Isn’t Giving Up
After years of searching for a cure, one mother discovers that acceptance doesn’t mean surrender—it means choosing to live fully despite chronic pain.
Storms Bring a Painful Reminder of Our Disability
When storms roll in, many people with chronic pain feel the effects long before the first raindrop falls. One advocate reflects on weather-related pain flares and the challenges of living with a disability.
Growing Beyond the Lines I Thought Pain Drew: What Leading a Daily Support Group Has Taught Me
What happens when we step beyond the boundaries chronic pain seems to create? Michele Rice shares how community, purpose, and peer support changed her perspective.
It’s Only One Mile: What I’ve Learned About Pacing
What does “pace yourself” really mean when you live with chronic pain? A heartfelt reflection about limits, recovery, and self-awareness.
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Telemedicine: Breaking down barriers to care
May 31, 2017| News
Telemedicine is an exciting new frontier in health care that can provide more accessible, streamlined treatment by connecting patients and clinicians virtually. U.S. Pain Foundation is pleased to announce telemedicine as one of its new state...
NPS event provides encouraging update
May 31, 2017| News
Stakeholders in the pain community eagerly tuned in to “Implementation of the National Pain Strategy (NPS) Listening Session” on May 11. The daylong event was hosted by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health and the National Institutes of...
Take action on proposed changes to pain assessmment survey
May 31, 2017| News
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed concerning changes to key pain management questions on an influential survey, called the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) Survey, which is...
U.S. Pain program, Points for Pain, honored by New York Yankees
May 24, 2017| News, Press release
U.S. Pain program, Points for Pain, honored by New York Yankees MIDDLETOWN, CONN. (May 26, 2017)—Most teenage boys want to spend their...
Iowa patients celebrate passage of fail first reform bill into law
May 11, 2017| News
Gov. Branstad Signs HF 233 to Allow a More Transparent Overriding Process Middletown, CT, May 11, 2017 - Through the efforts of advocates and patient organizations who formed the Iowa Fail First Coalition, of which U.S. Pain Foundation is a...
Future of live-saving health coverage unknown to millions
May 8, 2017| News, Press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2017 Contact -- Paul Gileno Email -- contact@uspainfoundation.org Website -- uspainfoundation.org Middletown, CT, May 4, 2017-The U.S. Pain Foundation is gravely concerned about its members who will lose their...
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