“Those therapists in the pain clinic literally saved my life,” she told me. After very thorough physical, psychological and medical assessments, Justine was given her schedule. Five days a week she ...

This blog post was written with contributions by Jamie Pribyl, DPT. Chronic pain is a condition in the nervous system where a light switch seemingly got turned on and never got turned off. Patients ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Failure of mirror therapy to relieve phantom limb pain may often be the result of insufficient length of treatment. The more severe the pain, the longer the time required, a new ...

As a lifelong health and fitness enthusiast with 15 years of experience, Rachel MacPherson is passionate about cutting through fads and noise. Her aim is to clearly communicate health information with ...

Share on Pinterest A new study suggests that a style of talk therapy could help people find relief from chronic pain. Nadija Pavlovic/Getty Images People who learned to see their chronic pain as “in ...

Researchers have created an effective therapy for chronic pain that reduces pain intensity by focusing on emotional regulation. A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia ...

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 ...

In the ongoing search to find a pain intervention that does away with the need for opioids – and bypasses drugs altogether – a new game-based system has shown huge promise in tackling chronic ...

Joe Laurence, a firefighter in Western Australia, was pulling a hose over a fence when he felt a sharp pain shoot down his back. “It was pretty horrific at the time,” said Laurence, then 27. “From ...