Supporting Research in Pain Management for Veterans and Military Service Members
Supporting Research in Pain Management for Veterans and Military Service Members
Pathways to Managing Low Back Pain
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Thank you PMC Patient Resource Group Members!

Pain (both acute and chronic) and its management is a significant public health concern. For Military Service members and Veterans, pain may be particularly complex since it frequently coexists with other medical and behavioral health issues.

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The Pain Management Collaboratory (PMC)

Closing the Gap between Science and Clinical Practice for Pain Management

The Pain Management Collaboratory is comprised of 13 pragmatic clinical trials that are studying nonpharmacological approaches for the management of pain and common co-occurring conditions in Military and Veterans healthcare systems and are supported by a central Coordinating Center (PMC3).

The lead funding organizations of the PMC and PMC3 include the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (led by the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH),  plus 7 additional offices) the Department of Defense (DOD), and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Managing
Chronic Pain

Approaches for managing the experience of chronic pain for people with chronic pain, their families and physicians.

Researching Chronic Pain

Pain research information and updates on the Collaboratory's pragmatic trials studying non-opioid alternatives to managing chronic pain.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is chronic pain?
Are there treatments for chronic pain?
Why study chronic pain management?
Get the answers here.

Patient Resource Group

Patient Resource Group Overview The Patient Resource Group (PRG) was developed to support and advise patients, investigators, and study leadership regarding the development, implementation, and...

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Why Study Alternative Approaches to
Chronic Pain Management?

Robert Kerns, PhD,  one of the three directors of the NIH-DOD-VA Pain Management Collaboratory Coordinating Center, discusses the importance of studying nonpharmacological alternatives to managing chronic pain in veterans, active military, and the benefits derived by a multi-modal approach to pain management.