As a former athlete, I can certainly recall prolonged periods of pain from sports injuries. And as I’ve aged, pain has become somewhat a constant companion. Perhaps you can relate to my personal ...

In honor of National Poetry Month, two Maryland-based women are using the power of words to turn pain into healing and help ...

The more I reflect on the power of pain, the more I feel drawn to go deeper into the purpose of pain. Let me first share that I don’t agree with the line of thinking that pain is punishment for ...

It was 1998. My son, Sam (who has given me permission to share this story), was eight, and his dad and I were taking him to his first year at sleepaway camp. Sam had been so excited for months leading ...

Culturally competent leadership is about meaningful discomfort. Discover three practical ways to expand your capacity for ...

September is Pain Awareness Month, and more than 51 million Americans report living with chronic pain. Over the past couple of decades, experts say increased prescriptions of opioid medications were ...

ALL PAIN . . . NO GAIN: Bonica's Management of Pain, 3rd Edition states that, "chronic pain has several different meanings in medicine." It continues by adding that the distinction between acute and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Despite the placebo effect’s long history in medicine — not to mention the critical role placebo plays in ...