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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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Thank you for fighting for change
Thank you. You created the groundswell we needed to start getting Congress to pay attention to the "Pain Management Best Practices" report. During our Virtual Advocacy campaign, 595 pain warriors sent 1,944 emails to Congress. 60 pain warriors...
Join us as we fight for #aplanforpain!
We're dedicating today, June 11, to flooding policymakers with our request that they allocate funding for key recommendations in the "Pain Management Best Practices" report--a roadmap for improving pain care nationwide. At U.S. Pain Foundation, we...
Chronic pain approved as qualifying condition for cannabis in Connecticut
We are very pleased to share that Connecticut has approved chronic pain as a qualifying condition to be able to legally access medical cannabis. This means that no matter what causes your pain, whether it is lupus or osteoarthritis, you are...
Building Your Toolbox holds second event, announces topic line-up
Jun 3, 2020| News
"Building Your Toolbox," an interactive videoconference series, hosted its second event last night. The topic was "self-hypnosis," with speaker Helen Hess, RN, NP, CHT, a certified hypnotist and hypnotherapist since 2005. A total 45 pain warriors...
Virtual Advocacy Training Series launches
On May 26, U.S. Pain Foundation launched its first-ever Virtual Advocacy Training Series for its top pain advocates. Typically, the organization hosts advocacy trainings as in-person weekend summits, but because of the COVID-19 situation, it...
Pediatric Virtual Retreat focuses on education, family–and fun
Jun 3, 2020| News
More than 250 kids from 33 states and four countries have registered for the Pediatric Virtual Retreat. The program is offering a series of free online activities tailored to kids with pain and their loved ones over the next several months. Events...
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