Pain research can feel distant and abstract—removed from the day-to-day reality of chronic pain, dwindling treatment...
Blog Articles
Chili Peppers, Spinal Gates, Genetically Modified Mice: The History of Pain Research
By Stephani SutherlandHumans have always lived with pain—and history suggests we’ve always tried to alleviate it. The...
Why Drug Development Takes so Long: Understanding the Pain Pipeline
By Stephani Sutherland Millions of Americans live with chronic pain—and the lack of safe, effective pain therapeutics...
25 Years, Still Standing: My Story of Pain and Perseverance
Living with chronic pain is a journey I never expected to take, and certainly not one that would span more than two...
Unmasking Pain in California: Why We Must See the Invisible
I was stunned, though not entirely surprised, when the bus driver demanded, “You don’t look disabled. What is your...
Lying Down on the Job and the Importance of Storytelling
With every chronic pain diagnosis comes a story. For some, it reads like a mystery novel—the patient races against...
Untrained, Unprepared, Unheard: The Education Crisis in Pain Caregiving
The invisible backbone of chronic pain care is barely staying afloat. Across the United States, millions of unpaid...
More Than Tired: The Overlooked Role of Sleep in Pediatric Pain
Sleep is supposed to be a refuge—a time when a child’s body restores and recharges. But for children living with...
Diagnosis Denied: The Crisis Of Dismissal, Delayed Care
Living with pain is hard enough. But when it’s met with silence, disbelief, or dismissal, it becomes something far...
Unmasking Pain: U.S. Pain Foundation Releases Landmark Data for Pain Awareness Month 2025
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — Sept. 2, 2025 — Chronic pain is not just a code in a chart or a number on a pain scale—it’s a...
Unmasking Pain: Because Pain is More Than a Chart. It’s a Life.
#ThisIsPain | Pain Awareness Month 2025 Every day, more than 1 in 4 Americans navigate chronic pain. Yet for too many,...
Rate It to Regain It: A Naming Trick for Navigating Chronic Pain and Emotions
When you live with chronic pain or illness, coping isn’t just a strategy—it’s a survival skill. Whether you’re flaring...