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7 Sources of Hope: What Keeps People With Pain Moving Forward

What gives people with chronic pain hope? Hear directly from people with pain about the support, purpose, progress, and everyday moments that keep them moving forward.

8 Ways Better Policy Could Improve Life With Chronic Pain

Cindy Steinberg examines eight ways better pain policy can strengthen research, expand access to care, address inequities, and center lived experience.

It’s Just Thursday

A mother and daughter move through an ordinary Thursday while both navigating pain, fatigue, school, work, and the small moments that keep the day moving.

When Pain Walks Into the Room

Chronic pain visits can break down in the gap between what a patient needs to say and what a clinician has time to hear. Tom Norris explores how both can communicate more clearly, build trust, and leave with a shared plan.

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Learn about aromatherapy

Learn about aromatherapy

Pain Connection's next “Building Your Toolbox” video conference event will be on Tuesday, August 4 at 7:30 pm ET. Each event focuses on a different option for managing or coping with chronic pain. This month’s event will focus on aromatherapy with...

Pain warrior of the month: Kim Freitas

Pain warrior of the month: Kim Freitas

Location: Tewksbury, MA Age: 51 years old Pain warrior role: Ambassador/advocate for 4 years Health conditions: I have lived with Crohn's disease, degenerate disc disease, osteoarthritis, severe muscle spasms, multi-leveled spondylosis, over-active...

2019 annual report now available

2019 annual report now available

People with pain are widely underserved, undertreated, and so often misunderstood and stigmatized. It is a daunting problem to tackle, but it is our mission and honor to fight for the pain community. Once a year, we take a moment to look back at...

Virtual Advocacy Day update

Virtual Advocacy Day update

Last month, the U.S. Pain Foundation rallied a total of 761 pain warriors nationwide to urge Congress to allocate funding for the Pain Management Best Practices Interagency Task Force report, a federal blueprint for improving pain care. Cindy...

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