On November 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its final 2022 Clinical Guideline for...
Blog Articles
When pain doesn’t leave: The intersection of acute and chronic pain
According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is "an unpleasant sensory and emotional...
DESENSITIZATION THERAPY CAN EASE PAIN BY REWORKING THE BRAIN’S RESPONSE TO STIMULI
By Calli Barker Schmidt By exposing the body to painful stimuli in a gradual way, desensitization therapy can help...
Pain Warrior of the Month: LaQuinda McCoy
City & state: Los Angeles, CA Age: 37 Role: U.S. Pain ambassador/advocate since 2019 Health conditions: Anxiety,...
Pete the Penguin’s travels
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Read U.S. Pain’s comment to the CDC
Approximately 5,400 individuals and organizations responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s...
Good news for patients in Lousiana
U.S. Pain is pleased to share that Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into law House Bill 819, which...
The need for migraine and headache awareness doesn’t end in June
Throughout June as National Headache and Migraine Awareness Month (MHAM), the U.S. Pain Foundation and fellow patient...
Continuing to represent the patient voice–virtually
While most in-person conferences and meetings have been canceled or postponed as a result of the pandemic, U.S. Pain...
Perseverance over pain: How a clinical trial changed one patient’s life
According to Tufts University, 37 percent of research sites do not meet their enrollment goals for scientific studies....
#MHAM2020: Two upcoming events, state advocacy campaign
June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month (#MHAM)! A large percentage of our community lives with migraine and...
“Catastrophizing”: A form of pain shaming
How the buzzword “catastrophizing” stigmatizes people with chronic pain By Gwenn Herman, LCSW, DCSW The first time I...