Tag: chronic pain research

Painful Gaps in Research

September 22, 2026

Photo by Deividas Toleikis on Unsplash This week for #PainAwarenessMonth, the U.S. Pain Foundation released an article explaining some of the key gaps in research for the pain community, and how the Advancing Research for Chronic Pain Act (ARCPA) can help close some of those gaps. In 8 Ways Better Policy Could Improve Life With Chronic Pain, Cindy Steinberg explains how ARCPA can help improve access to data and research … More Painful Gaps in Research

Access to Care: An ACPA Survey

September 12, 2026

Photo by Owen Michael Grech on Unsplash This week I took the American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA) Chronic Pain Access and Care Experiences Survey. The ACPA is using the survey to collect data from chronic pain patients to better understand their realities of accessing care, patient-clinician relationships, pain-related stigma, treatment barriers, and the unintended consequences of healthcare policies affecting pain management.  The survey is intended for educational and … More Access to Care: An ACPA Survey