As we move through January, it’s important to remember that setting goals and fulfilling them is more than just a New Year’s tradition. For anyone with a pain condition, goal setting can help tremendously both physically and mentally, by giving us a clear direction to move into. It’s something to focus on, to be pain-free,…

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It sounds like one of the oldest medical myths. However, the idea that weather and cold temperatures affect joint pain isn’t something easily disproven. Nor is it something that can conclusively be said to be true. Anecdotal evidence aside, there’s little research to suggest a real link between temperature and joint pain – but neither…

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The holiday cheer might be all around you, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s completely infectious. When managing your chronic pain, it can be very difficult to get genuinely excited about the holiday season. A lot of the hustle and bustle surrounding the holidays can make it a difficult season to get through – from…

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Back pain is the most common complaint among aging populations, and the lower back is one of the most injury-prone areas of the body. This has, in part, to do with our lumbar spine’s propensity for injury due to poor load-bearing, prolonged sedentary living, and the spine’s own slow wear-and-tear. It’s no wonder then that…

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The nature of the relationship between stress and pain is quite mutual. One heavily feeds into the other, and much of that has to do with how our body and mind process stressful events, and moments of pain. Stress can be described as anything that brings us way out of our intended equilibrium – a…

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Our bodies are endlessly complex, with countless systems regulating a long list of functions that all culminate in what we understand as life itself. Yet as we know, these systems don’t always function perfectly, and when they struggle, we feel it – be it when we’re having a fever, struggling with a headache, or fighting…

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Nerve blocks are a procedure that aim to reduce or eliminate pain by disrupting nerve activity in a specific region of the body, thereby limiting the severity of pain signals traveling through the area. These are often minimally invasive procedures that involve injecting specific chemicals into the tissue surrounding a major nerve, or by deliberately…

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Opioids have a long and complex history in medicine, from the discovery of opium in ancient times to the advent of modern-day chemistry, and brand-new isolated alkaloids like morphine, heroin, and codeine. However, for as long as people have used opium and its many derivatives, it’s always had the same two major flaws: it’s incredibly…

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It sounds unbelievably hard to have thankfulness for anything while struggling with a condition specifically characterized by unending pain. If we know that pain and stress have a direct effect on the mind, then we generally feel much worse the more pain we’re in. How can anyone who is struggling with ceaseless discomfort experience anything…

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In 2006, Swedish researchers discovered a large family in the northernmost region of the country sharing a particularly strange and dangerous mutation: a congenital insensitivity to pain. Yet far from being a superpower, the ability to live without a perception or concept of pain is often lethal. Pain is critical to the human experience. Like…

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