Chronic Pain Is Extremely Common, so Why Is It So Hard To Get Relief?

Compare Inpatient Rehab examined data from the CDC's National Health Interview Survey to examine the chronic pain epidemic.
People

Chronic Pain Is on the Rise. Here’s How to Catch it Early, Get Help and Treat it

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 ...
WBUR

How to cope with chronic pain

About 20% of American adults live with chronic pain — and many of them are more likely to develop mental health issues like depression, anxiety and substance use disorders. Many people with chronic ...
Consumer Reports

How to Ease Chronic Pain in Your Muscles, Nerves, and Everywhere Else

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 ...
Prevention

The Science Behind Chronic Pain—and How to Finally Get Relief

When you strain your back or burn your arm, receptor cells send messages along your nerve pathways to your brain. This results in a feeling of pain, a signal from your body that you must tend to it; ...
CNN

That chronic pain is not all in your head, but the solution may not be in your body, expert says

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Psychotherapist Nicole ...