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Chronic Pain

self Mar. 9, 2022

The High Point of My Career Came With a Physical BreakdownChloe Benjamin, author of The Immortalists, on prioritizing her body over her ambition.

By Chloe Benjamin as told to Danielle Cohen
health Jan. 25, 2022

Is the Pain All in My Head?A new treatment called pain-reprocessing therapy promises to cure chronic pain — but maybe not for everyone.

By Eleanor Cummins
swellness Oct. 10, 2019

Can Being Vigorously Rubbed With a Blunt Tool Help With Pain?Trying gua sha.

By Edith Zimmerman
science of us July 12, 2019

I Can’t Stop Thinking About This 1991 Book About PainIt’s about healing the body with the mind.

By Edith Zimmerman
perfect 10 Oct. 11, 2016

Women in Chronic Pain Are Often the First to Pretend They’re FinePadma Lakshmi and Jamie-Lynn Sigler on living with chronic pain.

By Lisa Ryan
swellness July 22, 2016

How One Woman Was Able To Cope With Chronic Pain From FibromyalgiaWhat’s it like when doctors don’t believe you and you live with chronic pain.

By Anonymous as told to Stella Bugbee
Apr. 15, 2016

Why We Need a Better Way to Treat Chronic PainThe current method — the pain-intensity scale — may have contributed to the opioid addiction epidemic, argue some pain-perception experts.

By Melissa Dahl