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The Comorbidity Factor: Why Some People May Be More Likely to Experience Pain–And Have Multiple Conditions
Sep 19, 2022| #LifeWithPain, News
Any health condition that causes chronic pain is difficult to handle, but research increasingly shows that certain individuals are physiologically more prone to developing chronic pain conditions of any kind, and that the interconnectedness between...
The Fraught Relationship Between Patients and Providers & What Can Be Done About It
Sep 13, 2022| #LifeWithPain, News
From March 29 to April 12, 2022, the U.S. Pain Foundation conducted a nationwide survey to better understand the impact of chronic pain. A total of 2,378 individuals responded to the survey. Respondents included 2,275 people with chronic pain...
Taking control of your pain: How self-management strategies can help
Sep 12, 2022| #LifeWithPain, News
After months of living with painful, often excruciating, symptoms and working with your medical care team to find the cause and treat it, you’re told that there is no cure. Your pain is no longer acute, it’s chronic, and you need to learn to...
The landscape of therapeutics for chronic pain in 2022
Sep 5, 2022| #LifeWithPain, News
When the US Pain Foundation recently surveyed 2,378 individuals to better understand the public health crisis of chronic pain, 42% of the respondents said that their top policy issue is the want for new medications for chronic pain. But while there...
UPDATE: The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Announce a Huge Step Forward for Chronic Pain Management (CPM)
Aug 31, 2022| News
CMS announced their intention to improve pain care for Americans over 65 or disabled by paying separately for physicians to spend more time with chronic pain patients creating and modifying treatment plans and coordinating team-based comprehensive...
Understanding Life With Pain
Aug 30, 2022| #LifeWithPain, News
Research tells us that 50 million Americans live with chronic pain, or pain that lasts most days or every day for three months or more. Of this group, 20 million experience high-impact chronic pain, or pain that interferes with basic functioning...
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