Although LGBTQ+ Pride Month is usually celebrated in June, it’s important year-round to acknowledge the unique...
Blog Articles
Turning Your Pain Into Purpose
We all face adversity at some point(s) in our lives. For many of us, the first thing we do is feel awful. That’s...
The Waiting Game: Unsettling booking delays
I am almost 73 years old and live with multiple medical complexities. When you discover measures are available to...
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...
Health care disparities in migraine and headache care: A panel discussion
In honor of Migraine and Headache Awareness Month, on June 24, Jaime Michele Sanders (aka The Migraine Diva) will lead...
Thank you for fighting for change
Thank you. You created the groundswell we needed to start getting Congress to pay attention to the "Pain Management...
Join us as we fight for #aplanforpain!
We're dedicating today, June 11, to flooding policymakers with our request that they allocate funding for key...
Mind you
By: Mia Maysack I have never said that mindfulness fixes or cures, that it is easy, looks the same for everyone, or...
Chronic pain approved as qualifying condition for cannabis in Connecticut
We are very pleased to share that Connecticut has approved chronic pain as a qualifying condition to be able to...