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.
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.
Special scholarships are available to eligible U.S. Pain volunteers to attend a two-day training program for support group leaders on March 2-4 in Phoenix, AZ. Two additional trainings will be held in Chicago and New York later this year. Run by...
City & state: Modesto, CA Age: 38 years old Pain warrior role: U.S. Pain Ambassador since 2016 What type of health conditions you live with: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy/complex regional pain syndrome, chronic back pain, migraines, depression,...
January was a busy month for some of U.S. Pain’s youngest pain warriors. Jan. 11 marked the third annual Points for Pain fundraiser hosted by 14-year-old Tyler Cashman, director of pediatric fundraising and awareness, at Voorhees Regional High...
Rare Disease Day takes place on the last day of February every year (Feb. 28 or 29 if a leap year). The objective is to raise awareness and knowledge by calling attention to rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives. Statistics show 1 in 20...
On Jan. 16, U.S. Pain volunteers and members were treated to a presentation, “How to effectively prevent and resolve insurance coverage issues,” with Demian Fontanella, JD, general counsel for the Connecticut Office of the Healthcare Advocate...
Cindy Steinberg, U.S. Pain’s national director of policy and advocacy, testified twice at the Massachusetts State House in recent weeks on important pain policy legislation. On Dec. 19, she testified in support of a bill to ensure pain is properly...
