Effectively managing chronic pain goes beyond medication and therapy—it's fundamentally about the relationship between...
Blog Articles
Seeking Out Mental Health Care: A Step-By-Step Guide
The areas of the brain that experience pain and emotion are interconnected. It's only natural—and expected—for...
Your Blueprint For Activity Modification and Pacing
Living with chronic pain can take away your sense of self. Things you once enjoyed doing may seem impossible now with...
Nisha Ray
With Multiple Diagnoses, Self-Advocacy is a Vital Tool By Kirsten Ballard When her pain was at its worst, Nisha Ray...
Cory Lewis
Surviving and Advocating for a Better Future for Those with Sickle Cell By Emil DeAndreis One night, seven-year-old...
Isiah Lineberry
Racial Bias, Lack of Patient-Centered Care Delayed Diagnosis By Tara Bracco In 2020, Isiah Lineberry lost the use of...
Last Resort: How to Successfully Visit the Emergency Room When You Have Chronic Pain
By Kirsten BallardEveryone seeking emergency care navigates wait times, insurance, and harried medical staff, but for...
Lack Of Access To Specialists, Doubts About Children’s Pain Limit Pediatric Care
Here’s how to acknowledge and address kids’ painBy Kirsten BallardAs late as 1980, medical professionals widely...
What the New CMS Medicare Pain Codes Mean for You
By Jill WaldbieserAnyone who lives with chronic pain—or cares about someone who does—knows that treatment can be...
Maximizing Understanding and Success: How Older Patients and Their Doctors Can Prepare for Appointments
By Mark OdlumWhen it comes to older individuals living with chronic pain, doctor’s appointments are one of the best...
When People ‘Don’t Want Us to Exist’: Chronic Pain and LGBTQ+ Patients
By Grayson SchultzThe 2022 annual Transgender Day of Remembrance and Resilience was also the day of one of the worst...
Health Care Deserts: Lack of Access Has Far-Reaching Consequences
Infusion center, pain care deserts cause challenges for pain managementBy Calli Barker SchmidtWhen Nathan Neufeld, DO,...