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Pain Awareness Month 2023

RESEARCH PAIN. MANAGE PAIN.

The U.S. Pain Foundation seeks to raise awareness about pain research and its impact on the more than 51.6 million Americans living with chronic pain during Pain Awareness Month.

The initiative, #PainTrials, will break down pain research and show the real-life impact research has on individuals living with pain. We are honored to be collaborating with the National Institutes of Health on a variety of initiatives throughout the month, with NIH participation in our webinars, articles, support group meetings, and more. Each day, we will share a pain research statistic on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, along with one article a week that focuses on different aspects of research. We will also host three webinars bringing together prominent NIH researchers and clinical trial experts, in addition to offering special support group opportunities to learn more about local research efforts near you. In addition, we have Health Hack events and in-person patient education days planned in collaboration with the Humana Neighborhood Center.

On this page, you’ll find all the information you need to become involved this Pain Awareness Month with #PainTrials.

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Articles

Research Pain to Manage Pain

Research Pain to Manage Pain

The need for more pain management options has perhaps never been greater or more urgent—with more than 51.6 million Americans living with chronic pain and 17.1 million experiencing high-impact chronic pain. Yet despite the enormous disease burden...

The Impact of Pain in America

The Impact of Pain in America

The latest population health data findings from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) reiterate an often-overlooked fact: millions of Americans are living with daily pain. Almost 21% of the U.S. population—51.6 million adults—lives...

IN-PERSON EVENTS 

 

As part of our collaboration with the Humana Neighborhood Center this month, U.S. Pain hosted two pain education sessions at Humana’s Las Vegas locations of Henderson and Summerlin. We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to David Nagel, MD, for speaking to individuals about integrative solutions to manage pain. In addition, U.S. Pain appreciates Ryan and Ada, the Health Educators at these locations. 

RE-WATCH HEALTH HACK EVENTS

Did you miss one of our Health Hack events this Pain Awareness Month? Did you watch a previous Health Hack event and wish to view it again or share with others? Well, you are in luck!

Below you will find links to those recordings. 

We were excited to collaborate with the Humana Neighborhood Center this Pain Awareness Month. The Humana Neighborhood Center, the website as well as the physical locations, are open to anyone — meaning you do not need to be a Humana member to access their resources, location sites, or information.

During September, we developed four Health Hack events, short videos that tackled a different component of pain. Re-watch the recordings below! (Please note: you do not need to be a Humana member to access these resources; you just need to create a free account.)

PAST PEER-TO-PEER GROUPS INCORPORATING RESEARCHERS

In collaboration with the NIH HEAL Initiative, Rebecca G. Baker, PhD, HEAL Director, in the Office of the Director, NIH, joined several of our online state-based support groups with a local NIH researcher. The goal: to share an overview of HEAL’s efforts and learn about local research projects.

Massachusetts 

NIH HEAL Director Rebecca G. Baker, PhD, and NIH researcher Natalia Morone, MD, MS, from Boston Medical Center, joined our Massachusetts peer-to-peer group. They talked about the efforts of HEAL to address the unmet needs of chronic pain as well as current research on group-based mindfulness for chronic low back pain.

California 

NIH HEAL Director Rebecca G. Baker, PhD, NIH researchers Lynn DeBar, PhD, MPH, Andy Avins, MD, MPH, and Alice Pressman, PhD, MS, and licensed acupuncturist, Meg McDowell, joined our California peer-to-peer group. They talked about the efforts of HEAL to adress the unmet needs of chronic pain as well as research examining the use of acupuncture for chronic low back pain in older adults. 

New York-New Jersey-Connecticut 

Linda Porter, PhD, Director, Office of Pain Policy and Planning, and NIH researcher Jessica Robinson-Papp, MD, MS, joined our New York-New Jersey-Connecticut peer-to-peer group. They talked about the efforts of HEAL as well as sharing information about a pain clinical trials network called EPPIC-Net.

IN THE NEWS

#PainTrials Initiative Seeks To Raise Awareness About The Need For Pain Research – Read press release

The US Pain Foundation Launches New Awareness Initiative – Applied Clinical Trials, September 8

Understanding pain is difficult, since it’s hard to put into words – Hemophilia News Today, September 13

Pain points: Unsolved recruitment and trial design issues in pain clinical trials – Clinical Trials Arena, September 21

The Chronic Pain that Nobody Talks About – Health Policy Today, September 21

Daily Stats and Facts

VIEW PAST CAMPAIGNS

Want to view the 2022 Pain Awareness Month campaign, #LifeWithPain? Click here.
Want to view the 2021 Pain Awareness Month campaign, #PainCounts? Click here.

Our 2023 Pain Awareness Month campaign is made possible through the contribution of our sponsors, Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Lilly.

Thank you for recognizing the importance of pain research and its potential to improve the future of millions of people living with chronic pain.