What gives people with chronic pain hope? Hear directly from people with pain about the support, purpose, progress, and everyday moments that keep them moving forward.
Cindy Steinberg examines eight ways better pain policy can strengthen research, expand access to care, address inequities, and center lived experience.
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.
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.
Ouchie, an official partner of the U.S. Pain Foundation, is releasing a new version of its free app for iOS and Android users next week. The app offers people with chronic conditions a way to track their treatments, set goals, interact with a...
For the 2018 legislative sesion, Director of State Advocacy and Alliance Development Shaina Smith says that U.S. Pain will be offering more ways to engage than ever before. The State Advocacy team also has revamped its online tools for taking...
Despite recent roadblocks, including Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ efforts to restrict recreational marijuana use and the Veteran Administration's refusal to study cannabis’s therapeutic benefit, legislation at the state and federal level is...
Pain advocates are encouraged to ask Congress to support Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act, which was introduced in December, through an easy online engagement campaign. HR4733/S2260 proposes to expand, intensify, and coordinate research at the...
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,...
