The PMC offers a unique opportunity to fill important knowledge gaps regarding Nonpharmacological treatment approaches for pain. In this op/ed Dr. Christine Goertz argued that while we are waiting for these study results, we already know enough to change how we care for patients with low back pain.
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.
Recently, a multidisciplinary group of leading experts in pain updated the definition of “pain” on behalf of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Particularly relevant is the acknowledgement that pain is a personal, subjective and multidimensional experience that can be shaped by a range of biological, psychological and social factors.