Engaging people with lived experiences of pain enhances pain care research by identifying research questions most important and relevant to those experiencing chronic pain.
Find information on talking with providers about your experience of pain and guidance on developing a plan for chronic pain relief. You’ll also find helpful information sheets and links to a variety of sites to help with understanding pain management approaches.
The PMC recently joined GitHub—a web platform widely used by developers to share source code for projects—to help disseminate best practices and lessons learned from the 11 pragmatic clinical trials to the pain research community.
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the PMC adapted its research as needed to continue its progress in advancing research on nonpharmacological pain management during this unprecedented disruption in research, healthcare, and everyday routines that affect how people live with pain.