Pain education
Better information leads to better conversations.
Pain can be confusing. Our resources help you understand common pain conditions, treatment options, and what to expect — so you can make confident decisions about your care.
Pain education
Pain can be confusing. Our resources help you understand common pain conditions, treatment options, and what to expect — so you can make confident decisions about your care.
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Why pain can continue long after an injury has healed, and what that means for treatment.
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Five signs that it may be time for a specialist evaluation — and what to expect when you call.
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A simple, honest guide to your first appointment at CPMC Care — step by step.
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News & Insights
New treatments and technologies get announced constantly, and most coverage is written by whoever is selling them. These are our honest assessments — including of things we don't offer.
A genuinely new painkiller arrived in 2025. Here's what the evidence supports, and where it likely doesn't apply to chronic pain.
What these devices measure is useful. What they treat is more limited than the advertising suggests.
Promising research on predicting who responds to treatment — and why a week-long trial still beats an algorithm.
Focused ultrasound and magnetic stimulation cleared the FDA. Neither is offered here — here's why we're telling you anyway.
Updated monthly. Every article is reviewed by James Lin, MD before publication.
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