We are told this: The mind is able to control the body. For the chronic pain patient who may have seemingly exhausted treatment options, this notion of mind over matter takes on a hopeful urgency.

Chronic physical pain is one of the greatest challenges a person can face. Here’s why anger can preclude relief and recovery.

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

Interdisciplinary multimodal pain treatment is associated with modest improvements in quality of life among adults with chronic pain.

Chronic pain affected nearly one in four U.S. adults, new CDC survey data showed. In 2023, 24.3% of adults had chronic pain lasting 3 months or longer, reported Jacqueline Lucas, MPH, and Inderbir ...

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that ...

Since I've been 14 years old I've been chronically ill and in constant pain. I was prescribed codeine and tramadol to manage the pain, and I couldn't go a day without them. I stopped taking pills and ...

Treating chronic neuropathic pain with spinal cord stimulation may help prevent excess mortality associated with chronic pain, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University ...

During the opioid crisis in the United States, acute pain management has remained a persistent challenge for both patients ...