10 Best Articles on Chronic Pain
The most useful articles on chronic pain from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Chronic Pain Articles
At a glance: these are the articles that have been most read, shared, and saved on chronic pain by Refind users in 2023 so far.
- Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen are used to treat chronic pain. What if they cause it?
- 4 exercises that can prevent (and relieve!) pain from computer slouching and more
- How I Ended Decades of Chronic Pain
- Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Lead to Chronic Pain
- 100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.
How to ...?
How to live without chronic back pain, according to an expert
Living with chronic back pain is not normal, nor is it necessary. This final article in a four-part back pain series by fitness expert Dana Santas empowers you to create a strategy for maintaining…
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on chronic pain—all under 10 minutes.
4 exercises that can prevent (and relieve!) pain from computer slouching and more
Vinh Pham, physical therapist and author of "Sit Up Straight: Futureproof Your Body Against Chronic Pain with 12 Simple Movements," explains why mobility exercises and good posture may be your best…
Why Does Chronic Pain Hurt So Much?
When doctors ran out of answers for me, I looked to philosophy instead.
Anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen are used to treat chronic pain. What if they cause it?
Chronic pain is often thought to be caused by inflammation. A provocative new paper suggests inflammation could actually prevent it.
«But a provocative new paper published to Science Translational Medicine suggests that reducing inflammation in the short-term could actually stifle healing, resulting in chronic pain over the long-term.»
How I Ended Decades of Chronic Pain
Without meds, my back and hip are, to my surprise and delight, nearly pain-free
Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Lead to Chronic Pain
A study found that while anti-inflammatory medications such as Ibuprofen may relieve short-term pain, they can potentially lead to chronic pain.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on chronic pain.
Sufferers of chronic pain have long been told it’s all in their head. We now know that’s…
There’s a growing realisation that pain can be a disease in and of itself – and the pandemic could be making it worse
How different types of chronic pain impact health
It is estimated that 1.5 billion people globally live with chronic pain, and prevalence increases as people age.
100 million Americans have chronic pain. Very few use one of the best tools to treat it.
Chronic pain often has no physical cause. Psychotherapy can reduce the suffering.
Pain is a signal of vulnerability
Doctors and patients alike make a crucial misinterpretation: pain is not a signal of body damage, but of vulnerability (possible future damage).This coherently explains the placebo effect and other…
Publications
We monitor hundreds of publications, blogs, newsletters, and news sources in Chronic Pain, including:
Big Think
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Healthline
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Freethink
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New Atlas
Extraordinary ideas that move the world forward
Vox
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