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When Pain Science Caught Up
How Black Healers and Physicians Shaped the Way We Treat Pain Today
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Empowering Nurses in Pain Care: How ASPMN Leads the Way
The American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) empowers nurses to lead the way in compassionate, evidence-based pain care.
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No Family Should Face This Alone
What would you give to keep a child from falling through the cracks? Right now, too many families are left behind—navigating pediatric care alone, often without insurance, support, or access to help.
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5 Ways Pain Affects the LGBTQIA+ Community
Pain isn’t just physical—it’s deeply shaped by who we are, how we see ourselves, and how the world treats us. For LGBTQIA+ individuals, understanding and addressing pain means recognizing the powerful role of identity, community, and inclusive, affirming care.
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Why the World Needs the Society for Pediatric Pain Medicine
An interview with Dr. Rita Agarwal, Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology at Stanford and founding member of SPPM
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Helping Kids Cope? Yeah, It’s Kinda Our Thing
Child Life Specialists are the undercover superheroes of pediatric healthcare—and when they team up with the Meg Foundation? Let’s just say pain, fear, and anxiety don’t stand a chance.
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Chronic Pain Is On The Rise—Here’s What You Can Do About It Now
Earlier this week, The Washington Post featured a startling stat in their Big Number series: nearly 1 in 4 adults in the U.S. experienced chronic pain last year. And that is up from 20.4% in 2019! Let that sink in.
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Nine reasons why pain management is a big deal
Even though we all live with it, we still get asked—usually by someone who isn’t currently in pain—‘Is it really that big a deal?’ As a pain nonprofit, we can say with complete confidence: Heck yes, it is!
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How Pain Affects Autistic People and What We Can do to Help
Danielle Hall from the Autism Society sheds light on the unique ways autistic individuals experience and communicate pain. Her insights help us understand why recognizing their discomfort can be challenging—and how we can better support them. Let’s dive into her guidance on providing more compassionate care.
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The ChildKind Resource Library
Discover a wealth of tools and resources in ChildKind’s library to help healthcare professionals and parents manage pediatric pain effectively
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Pain in the…chest? Strategies to manage the pain and discomfort of chest binding
For transgender and gender-diverse people, chest binding can affirm identity and boost confidence, but it can also cause pain. Discover safe practices and tips to ease chest binding pain.
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Can holding children down for shots traumatize them? A health psychologist says yes.
I’m a health psychologist and expert in medical illness, trauma, and pain, with 25 years of experience. If I could wipe out any practice that happens on the daily in medicine, VERY high on my list is holding down kids for medical procedures. While science and best practice guidelines from top medical organizations clearly say holding down kids is a terrible idea, it still happens every single day.
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