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Long-Term Disability and Chronic Pain: What the Claims Process Often Misses
An educational overview of how long-term disability claims are evaluated for chronic pain.
Traveling Through Your Eyes
When chronic illness reshapes life’s plans, one advocate shares how she learned to travel the world through connection and imagination.
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.
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Pain Warrior of the Month: Krista Brack
City & state: Warwick, Rhode Island Age: 39 Pain warrior role: U.S. Pain advocate since year 2012 What type of health conditions you live with: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Chiari malformation, tethered cord syndrome, and arthritis Favorite tip for...
No-cost charitable giving when you shop with smile.amazon.com
Dec 1, 2017| News
Amazon Smile provides a great excuse to treat yourself and loved ones--for a good cause--this holiday season. If you shop using https://smile.amazon.com and select U.S. Pain Foundation as your designated charity, Amazon will donate 0.5 percent of...
Five KNOWvember educational webinar recordings available
Nov 30, 2017| News
As part of its annual “KNOWvember” educational campaign, U.S. Pain hosted five informational webinars around the theme, “All Things Complementary,” focusing on complementary medicine options with a special emphasis on medical cannabis. If you...
Director of NIH speaks at top pain policy meeting
The Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC), the nation’s highest pain policy advisory committee, held its biannual meeting Oct. 23 at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD. The IPRCC is the committee that...
Learn about complementary medicine this KNOWvember
Oct 31, 2017| News
This year, U.S. Pain’s KNOWvember campaign will highlight complementary medicine options, ranging from massage to acupressure to medical cannabis. Each day, U.S. Pain will be posting a fact about complementary medicine to provide people with...
New coalition calls for balanced aproach to opioids
Oct 31, 2017| News
Policymakers, health care providers, and members of the public continue to grapple with how to address the ongoing opioid crisis. Most recently, President Trump deemed the opioid epidemic a national health emergency, calling on the country to work...
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