After 14 Years of Chronic Pain, I’m Finally Embracing Pain Management
And I’m making my mental health front and center
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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?
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.
Gynecological Procedures Can Be a Real Pain
Why aren’t women who are undergoing painful GYN procedures routinely offered pain management?
Breast Surgery and Opioids: What You Need to Know
Finding the right pain management solution after breast surgery
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.
Want to Manage Postsurgical Pain Without Opioids? There Are Other Options.
How to work with your OB-GYN to make a pain management plan for a better recovery after surgery
Fast Facts: Alternatives to Opioids for Pain Management After Common Surgeries for Women
Learn what to consider when it comes to pain management options
I Recovered From Surgery on My Own Terms
I struggled with side effects from opioids after my first C-section, so I chose to do things differently the second time around
There Are Alternatives to Opioids for Pain After Surgery
Conversation starters for patients and providers
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
Everything you need to know about women’s health — in one place.
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
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.