This is the first installment of a three-part series leading up to the exciting re-launch of the U.S. Pain Foundation...
Blog Articles
Get to #knowDPN this KNOWvember
The complications associated with diabetes are numerous—and overwhelming. But in the flurry of managing diabetes and...
Living with Diabetic Nerve Pain or DPN? We Want to Hear From You!
In preparation for its KNOWvember campaign—a monthlong educational and awareness campaign held in November that in...
Kristina Bailey
A Frustrating, Determined Search for Answers In 2004, Kristina Bailey was driving home from work by herself in Durham,...
Karen Griffin
A Lifetime of Pain in a Leg that Isn’t There When Karen Griffin was 20 years old, she was sitting around the dinner...
Jefferson Nunn
Treatments Limited for Neuropathic Pain with Rare Cause Jefferson Nunn’s extremities were burning. He was losing...
Bruce Tindall
After Amputations, Continuing to Move Forward Sometimes, Bruce Tindall feels pins and needles in his left leg, all the...
Amirah Tapia-Howard
Young, Joyful, and Living with Unpredictable Pain Amirah Tapia-Howard’s voicemail recording is just three simple...
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...
The Comorbidity Factor: Why Some People May Be More Likely to Experience Pain–And Have Multiple Conditions
Any health condition that causes chronic pain is difficult to handle, but research increasingly shows that certain...
The Fraught Relationship Between Patients and Providers & What Can Be Done About It
From March 29 to April 12, 2022, the U.S. Pain Foundation conducted a nationwide survey to better understand the...
Taking control of your pain: How self-management strategies can help
After months of living with painful, often excruciating, symptoms and working with your medical care team to find the...