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The Pain Revolution Is Real, So Why Are We Still Getting It Wrong?

August 6, 2025

A recent Newsweek feature echoes the urgent message of Pain, Misunderstood In a recent Newsweek article titled “Chronic Pain Science Has Advanced. Why Are Treatments Still Stuck in the Past?”, journalist Alexis Kayser digs deep…

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Teaching the Next Generation: Bringing Pain Neuroscience into Classrooms

July 16, 2025

The Future of Pain Education Starts Now  Pain is personal and so is how we learn to treat it. As the healthcare landscape shifts, it’s never been more critical to rethink how we teach pain,…

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Why We’ve Been Getting Pain Wrong And What Clinicians Can Do About It

June 23, 2025

Rethinking Pain: A Call to Clinicians  For decades, chronic pain has been treated as a symptom to silence. But the latest research in pain neuroscience reveals a very different truth: pain is not just in…

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Advocate for Yourself: 5 Questions to Bring to Your Next Appointment

June 23, 2025

Pain can be confusing and overwhelming. But asking the right questions can help you get the answers—and care—you deserve.  You might hear:  “We can’t find anything wrong.” “Just rest.” “It’s probably stress.” Or the worst: “It’s all in…

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Inside the Making of Pain, Misunderstood: Why We Had to Tell This Story 

June 23, 2025

Every day, millions of people are living with pain that no scan can explain. They’re told it’s in their head. They’re handed pills. They’re left to navigate a healthcare system that often misunderstands them or…

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Confluent Health Releases Groundbreaking Documentary to Tackle America’s Chronic Pain Crisis

June 23, 2025

Pain, Misunderstood spotlights America’s outdated pain treatment with a national push for smarter MSK care June 02, 2025 08:00 ET | Source: Confluent HealthFollow LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — What if everything we thought…

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WDRB Coverage: Louisville-based health company releases documentary to rethink chronic pain treatment

June 23, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Louisville-based health care company is showing a path forward to treat pain with a new documentary. More than one in five Americans live with chronic pain, according to Confluent Health.…

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