Resources for People with Pain

We are the organization empowering volunteers to influence change and impact the future of cancer. From gaining dramatic increases in funding for cancer research to ensuring all Americans have access to cancer care, our work is saving lives and leading to new innovative breakthroughs in how to fight this disease.

Our mission is to mobilize a community for patient support and advocacy, as well as drive and support impactful research that translates into advances for patients with migraine and other disabling diseases that cause severe head pain.

Talk to your doctor about ways to manage your pain that do not involve prescription opioids. Some of these options may actually work better and have fewer risks and side effects.

The Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center is a multidisciplinary center committed to improving the understanding and management of disorders distinguished by symptoms of chronic pain and fatigue.

Mounting scientific evidence demonstrates significant rates of overlap among a cluster of prevalent poorly understood pain disorders that solely or predominantly affect women. The goal of CPRAlliance is to put an end to the neglect, dismissal and discrimination faced by these patients suffering from chronic pain, thereby improving their quality of life and medical care.

This collection of resources is to help patients with chronic pain, their families and providers who care for them. These include tools to help patients and their families to understand, monitor and manage their pain, as well as guidance on the safe use, storage and disposal of opioid medicines. It also includes education for families in the potentially life-saving role of preventing, identifying and treating medication overdose. 

FibroGuide offers information and insights on 10 different self-care topics, or Steps. The information presented within these Steps is based on key strategies, such as physical activity, education, and support, that have been shown to help people with fibromyalgia manage their symptoms.

Integrative Medicine for the Underserved is a collaborative, multidisciplinary group of people committed to affordable, accessible integrative health care for all. Through outreach, education, research, and advocacy, we support those dedicated to promoting health in underserved populations. Together we work to shift the current paradigm towards equity, wellness, prevention, patient empowerment, and self-care.

The Institute for Chronic Pain is an educational and public policy think tank whose mission is to make pain management more effective by changing the culture of how chronic pain is treated. We engage in research, development, and promotion of scientifically accurate information related to the field of chronic pain management. We do so by bringing together thought leaders from around the world to provide academic-quality information that is approachable to all stakeholders in the field. 

IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, health-care providers, and policymakers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide.

The International Pain Foundation (iPain) is devoted to advancing access and quality care in order to help people suffering from a variety of muscular skeletal, inflammatory, neurological, emotional, degenerative and often rare conditions that involve chronic pain through education, awareness, and access to care projects.

The International Pelvic Pain Society promotes education about interdisciplinary approaches to the evaluation and treatment of health conditions associated with chronic pelvic pain; supports individuals living with chronic pelvic pain by improving access to care and supporting physical and emotional well-being; and raises public awareness through education, outreach and engagement and improves the lives of patients worldwide.

This site provides information about Medicare coverage for pain management.

This virtual resource center provides healthcare professionals, patients and policy makers with current updates on policy and practice for patients living with more than two chronic conditions – and associated symptoms.

The mission of NCCIH is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care.

Our mission to to cure headache and to end its pain and suffering.

The objectives of the National Pain Strategy aim to decrease the prevalence of pain across its continuum from acute to high-impact chronic pain and its associated morbidity and disability across the lifespan. The intent is to reduce the burden of pain for individuals, their families, and society as a whole.

Developed by a broad group of representatives and stakeholders, this report identifies gaps, inconsistencies, and updates and provides recommendations for best practices for managing acute and chronic pain.

Empowering you to manage pain – Clinically supported information, tips, support and personal stories to help you manage musculoskeletal pain.

Patient Mind Inc. provides education to improve dialogue during healthcare visits. The average face-time with a healthcare provider is less than eight minutes. These eight minutes are extremely important for the patient. When patients are educated prior to this interaction, they are more likely to understand and adhere to the prescribed treatment plan. The patient is also more prepared to discuss symptoms and their condition with confidence. This enables healthcare teams to get a better picture of the patient’s condition, which sets the groundwork for better treatment plans.

The goal of painACTION is to help people improve their self-management of their pain condition. Written with the help of health educators, pain experts, and people dealing with pain, this site is a resource to come back to repeatedly.

The Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force Report emphasizes the importance of providing balanced, individualized, patient-centered pain management to ensure better clinical outcomes for pain that improve quality of life and functionality for patients. 

The Arthritis Foundation helps you live your best life by creating a powerful network of support through shared experiences, empowering information and meaningful connections. Whether it’s online or in person, we are all working together to promote life-changing resources and research, to push for change and to create community connections that welcome, inform and uplift. This is what makes our community of millions thrive and why we are all Champions of Yes.

The Frida Center for Fibromyalgia is an integrative medical clinic founded by Dr. Ginevra Liptan based on her personal experience with this complex illness.

The Pain Toolkit Workshops are for healthcare professionals and people who live with persistent pain.

MSU is instrumental in helping to improve the lives of patients fighting this rare, complicated immune-mediated muscle, skin, and often multi-organ disease by being the very first patient-centered myositis organization to offer live, online, video patient support, education, and activity sessions that simply make sense for those living with a muscle disease that involves limited mobility and with patients spread across the world.