Pain happens, but when it sticks around for a long period of time or feels unbearable, nonaddictive pain medication may sound like a safer alternative to opioids. Most people have experienced physical ...

Data sources Medline, Embase, CINAHL via EBSCO, Web of Science, Scopus. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Studies evaluating the incidence and/or prevalence of LBP in adolescent athletes ...

Avi Dorfman has had a front row seat to the toll of chronic pain. He spent years trying to help a loved one find relief—to no avail. After visits to primary care doctors, chiropractors, and physical ...

Pain is a universal symptom. Everybody experiences it at some point in their lives. It is the body's way of telling us that something is not right. When we experience pain, there is an injury, ...

Pain management doctors focus on helping a person find relief from pain due to underlying conditions or as long-term consequences of surgical procedures. Pain management doctors work with a variety of ...

David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology and Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine at UC San Francisco, has won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or ...