Search results for: chronic pain

Is Acupuncture for Pain a Placebo Treatment?

Donald M. Marcus, MD | November 1, 2010

An examination of the evidence

How to Provide Compassionate Care When Touch Is Painful

Iris Zink, RN, BSN, NP | August 1, 2010

Providing compassionate care when touch is painful

Turn Down the Pain Volume

Daniel J. Clauw, MD | October 1, 2009

Fibromyalgia’s evolution from discrete entity to prototypical central pain syndrome

Audioconference Offers Advice on Pain Associated with Juvenile Arthritis

Staff | April 1, 2008

What is the pain puzzle? “It is a bio-psycho social model of pain that is accepted in the field of rheumatology,” according to Michael Rapoff, PhD, professor of pediatrics at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City and the highlighted speaker for the ARHP audioconference on April 17.

Pain Management Meditations

Gail C. Davis, RN, EdD | February 1, 2008

Thoughts from a career spent understanding—and alleviating—pain

Perils of Pain Meds

Stephen G. Gelfand, MD, FACP, FACR | January 1, 2008

Opioid overuse is a dangerous path

Diagnosing & Caring for Patients with Fibromyalgia

Lara C. Pullen, PhD | May 19, 2022

Doebl et al. compared the effect of symptoms and the healthcare use of people with fibromyalgia with those who fulfilled the criteria for fibromyalgia but had not been diagnosed and those with chronic pain. They found patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia reported the poorest healthcare experiences and were more likely than other study participants to be unemployed due to health issues. Their findings reveal an urgent need exists for a model of care for patients with fibromyalgia.