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Access to Care
When it comes to the challenges of working within the health care system, our family has gotten plenty of experience as we’ve dealt with my…
Waging a War on Pain
Chester “Trip” Buckenmaier III, MD, can see the silver lining in a black cloud. The program director for the Defense and Veterans Center for Integrative…
SAD and Chronic Pain: 4 Ways to Thrive This Winter
When even the thought of hot chocolate on a snowy day isn’t enough to cure your SAD (seasonal affective disorder), maybe it’s time to make…
PR: Happy New Year 2016
Happy 2016! Do you have your winter copy of PainPathways yet? This issue is packed full of great inspiration, including a story of how our cover celebrity,…
Robbie Ventura
International cyclist Robbie Ventura never embraced the words slow down until a devastating crash knocked him off his bike and into the world of chronic…
You Are Not Your Pain – Sit Down, Slow Down
This second of a three-part series explores the first four meditations in the book You Are Not Your Pain: Using Mindfulness to Relieve Pain, Reduce Stress…
Advances in Neuromodulation
Approximately one in three Americans suffers from chronic pain, leading to escalating health care costs and a growing interest in treating chronic pain sustainably, but…
Physical Therapy
If you have lived with pain for a while, you may have tried many options. Generally, a combination of different treatments is most effective. Have…
A Patient Advocate Shares Her Best Advice for Caregivers
We all know that patient advocates focus on patients’ care. But if you’re a caregiver who needs assistance, a medical advocate can help you too, with everything…
Trigeminal Neuralgia
What do you think of when you think of intense pain? Many women might say childbirth. A veteran who survived injury from an explosive device…