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Sometimes, the best pain relief doesn’t come from a pill—it comes from calming the nerves themselves

Understanding women’s pain from adolescence through menopause — and why it deserves attention

Learn how antidepressants like duloxetine and amitriptyline can help with nerve pain, fibromyalgia, and migraines—safe, effective, options

Discover the full range of chronic pain treatments—from medications and mind-body therapies to advanced procedures

Facing a life-altering diagnosis, Lizzie Perez reclaimed her future through science, support, and sheer will

The brain’s role in chronic pain is clear. Now, pain scientists are testing ways to change it.

Dr. Theresa Lii’s research investigates how ketamine can help reset pain pathways

When facial pain doesn’t have an easy answer, our experts look deeper

Study finds that a subset of neurons in the peripheral nervous system drive pain with injury and age, offering a potential new target for drug development

Dr. Kristen MacKenzie discusses the challenges women face in getting proper care and the growing movement toward more compassionate, informed treatment

Dr. Ian Carroll is revolutionizing headache treatment through CSF leak research

Postdoctoral Scholar Dario Pfyffer’s research investigates a new path to prognosis for spinal cord injuries

Multicentric study findings featuring potential to change clinical practice and inform interventional spinal cord injury trials

Dr. Vafi Salmasi wants to take clinical trials beyond the lab and into the real world

Newly revised release of the American Chronic Pain Association-Stanford Resource Guide to Chronic Pain Management

This article appeared previously in StanfordMed TODAY

We embarked on an effort to quantify the impact of stressors in navigating the healthcare system on patients and systems. We hope that this research leads to solutions. 

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: New study suggests a single-session, digital pain management treatment provides lasting analgesia after orthopedic trauma surgery

At Stanford Pain, we have created a multimodal treatment for chronic back pain that helps you take control of your pain. This program is called Back in ACTion (BIA).