Latest News
PAST
NEWSLETTERS
PRESS
RELEASES
MEDIA
COVERAGE
REMEDY
BLOG
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Makes a Major Move to Improve Pain Care
This past November, CMS announced that starting January 1, 2023, Medicare will pay physicians in all states and other practitioners with prescription authority such as Nurse Practitioners (NP’s) and Physician Assistants (PA’s) in some states, to...
The Unknowns of Long COVID and its Impact on Chronic Pain
In March 2020, Melissa Geraghty, PsyD—a licensed clinical health psychologist and CEO of Phoenix Rising with Dr. G who focuses on chronic pain, complex medical conditions, and eating disorders—became the first person she, or her physician, knew...
Acute Pain: Managing pain immediately
Even the most cautious, careful person will experience hundreds of instances of pain in their lifetime. A stubbed toe. A paper cut. Sore muscles after a strenuous workout. A bad sunburn. These are all examples of what is known as acute pain, an...
An interview with Cindy Steinberg: CDC’s final issued Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
On November 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its final 2022 Clinical Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Since the introduction of the CDC Guideline in 2016, there has been overwhelming and widespread...
When pain doesn’t leave: The intersection of acute and chronic pain
According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage. Pain is a common experience...
Caregiver Burnout: A Side Effect of Chronic Pain that Can’t Be Ignored
Difficult emotions and a degree of stress are inherent in any relationship: husband-wife, parent-child, domestic partners, LGBTQ+ relationships, boyfriend-girlfriend, employee-boss. This is part of life. Some of us are good at handling difficult...