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Few people like being told what to do and this includes people with low back pain. New research has found patients want to be empowered with the knowledge to make informed choices, not advice.

They came from people living with severe and chronic pain, for whom the focus on opioids has made it difficult and, in many cases, impossible, to get the opioid pain medication they depend on.

Roman Catholic priest, theologian and author Henri Nouwen wrote a provocative book entitled “The Wounded Healer.” The usage of the words “wounded healer” had come from Carl Jung, who said that a ...

LONDON, Sept. 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study of 18,097 people across 18 countries has discovered that society has grown less tolerant of people in pain, despite the effects of COVID-19 ...

People with chronic pain have a different pattern of brain activity than people without it, Waxman said. When he treated a mother and son who had an inherited pain condition, ...

Reasons to be Cheerful reports that music therapy significantly reduces pain and anxiety, aiding healing and recovery in ...

People with chronic pain are already up against many difficulties in finding and receiving treatment. We are fighting to be believed in a hyper-capitalist society where health care is not a human ...

Considering pain health literacy in the clinic Brona Fullen, Ireland. Active self-management is a core component of healthcare delivery. In order for this to happen clear communication between the ...

Not surprisingly, the stigma around pain is heavily associated with bigotry. Women are more likely to be seen as exaggerating their pain. Decades’ worth of research finds that Black people are ...

Why chronic pain is now a young person’s problem as tech, food, and stress turn youthful bodies into battlegrounds of inflammation and fatigue.

Latest edition of Haleon Pain Index finds half (49%) of people in pain feel stigmatised [1][2] 42% regularly feel lonely due to their pain, and one third feel serious loneliness (based on UCLA ...