Read how timely pain relief can prevent chronic pain, improve healing, and enhance your well-being.

At WashU Medicine Pain Center, specialists across disciplines collaborate to diagnose and treat how patients experience chronic pain.

We are told this: The mind is able to control the body. For the chronic pain patient who may have seemingly exhausted treatment options, this notion of mind over matter takes on a hopeful urgency.

Sometimes, a study on one topic can reveal important issues in another. Case in point: A recent Lancet study explored what a person’s life was like before they developed chronic pain — the diseases ...

Here’s some spine-tingling news. New research suggests a drug already available on pharmacy shelves could help ease chronic ...

A neural circuit hidden in an understudied region of the brain plays a critical role in turning temporary pain into pain that can last months or years, according to new University of Colorado Boulder ...

Almost everyone has pain sometimes. It might start as a twinge in your back, a dull ache in your knee, a tingling on the bottoms of your feet. Maybe you slept funny, or hoisted a full bag of groceries ...

If you're experiencing chronic pain — or at risk of it — this list will help you prepare yourself and know what to ask and do Getty For years, cases of chronic pain have been climbing. In fact, a ...

Since I've been 14 years old I've been chronically ill and in constant pain. I was prescribed codeine and tramadol to manage the pain, and I couldn't go a day without them. I stopped taking pills and ...

Chronic physical pain is one of the greatest challenges a person can face. Here’s why anger can preclude relief and recovery.