Childhood Trauma Can Lead to Chronic Pain
The connection between trauma and chronic pain doesn’t mean it’s all in your head. It’s real, and it requires holistic treatment.
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After 14 Years of Chronic Pain, I’m Finally Embracing Pain Management
And I’m making my mental health front and center
Like Millions of Women, I Live With Chronic Pain — and I’ve Had to Learn to Advocate for Myself
After years of having my chronic pain ignored or misdiagnosed, I’m speaking up to increase awareness of implicit biases in healthcare
Telehealth and Pain Management: What You Need to Know
The pandemic has changed the way pain medication is prescribed. But will it last?
Botox and Migraine: What You Need to Know
If you have chronic migraine disease, Botox might be able help alleviate your symptoms
Can Acupuncture Help?
Acupuncture has become more mainstream over the past decade, but it still seems a bit mysterious. We took a look into this ancient practice.
Why You Need to Advocate for Yourself and Create a Pain Management Treatment Plan Before Surgery
You may be taking opioids unnecessarily. A conversation with your doctors on your pain management options can help.
Short-Sleepers Are More Likely to Suffer From Irregular and Heavy Periods
Menstrual periods can disturb sleep, but sleep troubles can worsen menstrual symptoms.
It Wasn’t Muscle Damage: It Was Four Fractures and Osteoporosis
How an ER doctor's misdiagnosis led me to take charge of my condition through diet and exercise
For Women, Osteoporosis Leaves Physical and Emotional Scars
This silent disease can take an emotional toll on women because of physical, lifestyle and dependency changes
The Pain Gap: Why Women’s Pain Is Undertreated
Women in both acute pain and chronic pain are underdiagnosed and undertreated — and it's even worse for women of color
Designing Less Addictive Opioids, Through Chemistry
One potential way to make opioids less addictive is to make them target injured tissue rather than the healthy brain
Everything you need to know about women’s health — in one place.
Breaking Barriers to Pain Treatment
Women in pain are less likely to be fully treated for their symptoms. More groups are working toward equity.
For Millions of Americans Enduring Chronic Pain, Support Is Overdue
It's time to implement the SUPPORT Act
Fast Facts: 10 Things to Know About Women and Chronic Pain
Why women suffer more from chronic pain
Chronic Pain Is a Disease — and It Should Be Treated Like One
Classifying chronic pain as a disease by the medical community could bring much-needed benefits to people with this condition
Why Clinical Trials Need to Emphasize Function Over Pain Measurement
Rather than pain reduction, the ability to lead a quality life should be prioritized
Chronic Pain Drove Me to Despair, but Cancer Taught Me to Heal
After 38 years living with pain, I've become passionate about the pain-cancer connection.
Living with Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions
Millions of Americans live with multiple chronic overlapping pain conditions — and most of them are women
We Need to Raise Awareness of Women’s Migraine Disease in the Workplace
Women suffer from migraine headaches disproportionately; we need to do more to support them at work.
Suffering From Chronic Pain as a Black Woman
Bias can lead to disparities in diagnosis and treatment of Black women with chronic pain
The Only Way Out Is Through: How I Healed From the Trauma of Chronic Pain
After years of fighting my pain, I learned posttraumatic growth starts when you're in the midst of struggle.