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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.

9 Lessons We’ve Learned By Listening to Thousands of People With Pain

What can we learn by truly listening to people living with pain? 9 lessons from thousands of people living with pain reveal what matters most in pain care, support, access, research, and lived experience.

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#LetsTalkAboutPain creates much-needed conversation

#LetsTalkAboutPain creates much-needed conversation

Thanks to its dedicated volunteers, U.S. Pain Foundation’s 2019 Pain Awareness Month campaign, #LetsTalkAboutPain, was the most robust yet. All of the month’s activities—from educational events to the daily social media challenge—were possible...

Cindy Steinbergs speaks about pain at CMS

Cindy Steinbergs speaks about pain at CMS

On Sept. 20, National Director of Policy and Advocacy Cindy Steinberg spoke on a panel at a public meeting about chronic pain and substance use disorder at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) in Washington, D.C. The goal of the meeting was...

Don’t miss the Pain Awareness Month Storyathon

Don’t miss the Pain Awareness Month Storyathon

They range in ages, from 17 to 70. They live across the country--from New Jersey all the way to Puerto Rico. They have been diagnosed with dozens of different pain conditions, from sickle cell to fibromyalgia. They are all races, and all genders....

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