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Preparing for a New Doctor When You Live With Chronic Pain
Tips for people living with chronic pain on preparing for a first visit with a new doctor, including what information to bring and how to advocate for yourself.
The Weight We Carry: Pain, Resilience, and Recovery in Military Life
Army veteran Lexi Mitchell shares her journey with chronic pain, resilience, and the unseen cost of military life.
I am Real and Have My Life to Live with Chronic Pain. Do I have the Strength to Keep Fighting?
At 75, living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and chronic pain, Ellen Lenox Smith reflects on resilience, vulnerability, and the strength to keep going.
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Pain warriors convene in Dallas for Advocacy Summit
Despite challenges often faced when traveling with a chronic pain condition, 19 advocates and a handful of caregivers rallied together in Dallas, TX, for a U.S. Pain Foundation Advocacy Summit. The goal was to help people with pain understand how...
Interim CEO a keynote speaker at American Massage Therapy Association convention
Oct 31, 2019| News
Interim CEO Nicole Hemmenway was one of three keynote speakers at the closing session of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) national convention last weekend in Indianapolis, IN. In her talk, “Massage for Chronic Pain: What our...
Volunteers get creative with fundraising
Oct 31, 2019| News
U.S. Pain Foundation offers its free programs and services thanks to donations and grants. That’s why the organization is especially grateful when volunteers step up to raise funding! The last few months have been particularly busy with a range of...
Protect pain patients’ rights in MA
Yesterday, Cindy Steinberg, National Director of Policy and Advocacy, and two fellow advocates who live with pain, Debbie and Scott, testified at the Massachusetts State House at a hearing on Senate Bill 1262. The bill would amend the state's...
Pain Connection adds two new support groups
Oct 31, 2019| News
Pain Connection, U.S. Pain Foundation’s network of support groups, has added two in-person support groups: one in Iowa and the other in Maine. The Iowa group will have its first meeting on Dec. 19. It will be led by LaSheila Yates, who attended...
Calling all creatives! Take part in our KNOWvember campaign: #ArtThroughPain
Oct 29, 2019| News
Each November, U.S. Pain Foundation organizes a month-long educational campaign for the pain community. Recognizing that art and writing can help kids and adults cope with and/or express chronic pain and its effects on their lives, this year's...
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