The Transition From Acute to Chronic Low Back Pain: How Common Is It? What Are the Risk Factors?
A US study finds that more than a third of acute low back pain patients go on to have chronic low back pain. Treatments not in agreement with guidelines increase the likelihood of the transition.
New Clinical Trial Shows No Benefit of High-Intensity Strength Training for Knee Osteoarthritis Pain – But Don’t Give Up on Exercise!
Researchers try to make sense of a negative result.
How Food Triggers the Pain of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
An immune reaction in the colon makes sensory nerves more sensitive.
Why Do Clinical Trials of Pain Drugs Fail or Succeed? An Interview with Robert Dworkin.
Pain clinical trials expert Robert Dworkin discusses how researchers can improve the design of clinical trials of new pain drugs.
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“Keep on Going, Don’t Give Up, and Be Strong”: Migraine, Cluster Headache and a Difficult Journey Through the Healthcare System – A Patient Perspective
In this RELIEF interview, Sereen Siff Damgaard provides a patient perspective on what it's like to live with migraine and cluster headache.
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A Better Way to Measure Scratching Could Improve the Treatment of Itch
A new wireless sensor keeps track of scratching while patients sleep
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Jump-Starting the Body’s Own Opioid System to Ease Painful Diabetic Neuropathy
A new study in mice shows that endogenous opioids – the body's natural pain relievers – in peripheral nerves contribute to pain from nerve damage in diabetes. A similar mechanism may be at play in people.
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Chronic Pain Is Poorly Managed in People with Opioid Use Disorder
A recent study shows that undertreatment of pain is common in those being treated at opioid use disorder treatment centers.