ANNOUNCEMENT: Help Spread the Word About #PainAwarenessMonth
Did you know that September is Pain Awareness Month? During the month of September (and beyond), help RELIEF and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) raise public awareness of pain. See here for tools being provided by IASP to help spread the word.
Neurons Go Haywire During Pain From Nerve Injury
A new study uses nerve cells from patients with spinal tumors to identify changes in the nervous system underlying neuropathic pain.
I Feel Your Pain: Emotional “Mirror Neurons” in the Brain Respond to Pain in the Self and in Others
A new animal study shows that nerve cells in a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex become active when a rat undergoes pain or watches another rat experience pain.
Physiotherapy for Pain and All That Jazz: A Chat with Romy Parker
Pain management expert Romy Parker discusses the importance of interdisciplinary teams to help manage chronic pain, the crucial role of physiotherapists on those teams, and her hopes for the future of pain management.
How Sleep Affects Pain
A recent brain imaging study shows that sleep deprivation increases pain sensitivity.
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A Complementary and Integrative Approach to Easing Pain: A Podcast with Helene Langevin
In this RELIEF podcast, the director of the US National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health discusses the work the agency is doing, her own research on connective tissue, and much more.
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A New Proposed Definition of Pain
After nearly 18 months of collaboration, the IASP Definition of Pain Task Force is suggesting a new definition to better reflect current knowledge.
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Human Tissue in Pain Research — A Promising Fix for a “Leaky” Drug Development Pipeline?
Effective pain relievers discovered in animal studies often fail in clinical trials, but testing drugs in human tissues first may overcome this problem.
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A Toolkit for Pain Self-Management
At the 2018 IASP World Congress on Pain, Pete Moore, author of ‘The Pain Toolkit,” shared why self-managing chronic pain is the key to living—and living well—with chronic pain.