How to Help Someone With Chronic Pain
More than 100 million Americans live with chronic pain. Injuries and various conditions can cause problems that take a toll on sufferers and the ones they love. It's natural to feel helpless when someone...
Relationship Advice for Those With Chronic Pain
Communicate With the People Around You
Communication is the foundation of any strong relationship, so make sure you remember to talk with the ones you love when chronic pain takes its toll. Staying silent will...
Pets and Their Emotional Pain
Does your furry friend ever get anxious, jealous, or happy?
As a dog owner and animal rights supporter, I have often wondered if animals feel emotional pain. Do they get jealous? Depressed? Excited? From my...
Don’t Put Your Sex Life on Pause
Actress Virginia Madsen wants to help women find the words to talk to their doctors about pain during sexual intercourse, a problem that affects nearly half of all post-menopausal women.
Virginia Madsen isn't a doctor....
Living with HIV can mean living with pain
Pain is common not only in those suffering the last stages of AIDS but also in HIV-positive people who are still active.
June is Pride Month. While PainResource.com celebrates the fact that having HIV (human...
Cellphones for soldiers
In honor of Memorial Day, help give soldiers stationed far away the freedom to call home
The messages to Cell Phones for Soldiers say it all:
I wanted to take a moment and say thank...
Are you caring for a senior who lives with pain?
Tips for caregivers
By Lisa Davis
Many older adults live with pain, which can be acute (intense but short-lived) or chronic (lasting six weeks or more). Caregivers helping seniors manage pain can do a number...
Make Mother’s Day the start of Mom Health Week”
It's Your Time, Mom!
Help mom celebrate and take care of her health by connecting her to National Women's Health Week, a weeklong health observance that kicks off on Mother's Day and runs through May...
Is Chronic Pain Straining Your Friendships?
Chronic pain is isolating. It can prevent you from doing things with others that you used to enjoy gardening, hiking, dining out and can put a strain on relationships, especially with friends who can't...
Cyberhugs: Easing the Isolation of Chronic Pain
Online forums offer much needed virtual support.
By Margaret Jaworski
When she received an invitation to participate in an online workshop for chronic pain sufferers, Karin Becker eagerly registered for the six-week program sponsored by a...
Life Goes On: A Mom’s Chronic Pain and a Debilitating Illness Impacts The Entire...
Carla Valentino knows all too well the toll pain can take on a mom and her loved ones.
By Mary Beth Sammons
The 45-year-old mom of two from Land O' Lakes, Fla. was an active small...
A Tribute to the Inspiration Behind Pain Resource
Today is the birthday of our founder Kimberly Grady Brock, and that alone makes it a very special day for us here at Pain Resource.
However, we are also celebrating what would have been the...
New Website Helps Parents Deal with Their Child’s Pain
A New Website Offers Advice on Managing a Child's Pain Post Surgery
Launched in February 2013, the new website, My Child is in Pain, offers advice to parents who want to better manage their child's...
Volunteer Vacations Can Help Relieve Your Pain
Gandhi believed the best way to help yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. But when faced with your own pain, the needs of others might be among the last things...
Gonorrhea: Symptoms and Treatment 101
Gonorrhea is an infection spread through sexual contact. In men, it most often infects the urethra. In women, it usually infects the urethra, cervix, or both. It also can infect the rectum, anus, throat,...
