Research shows that being kind to others (for example via volunteering) can decrease chronic pain. Other studies demonstrate ...

Self-talk — your inner monologue — is more important than you might imagine. Learn how to identify and change self-talk that ...

While everyone else reaches for distractions or drowns in self-pity, mentally tough individuals have mastered ...

If you self-harm, these strategies may help to reduce the urge or find safer ways to address these urges. Support is available. You’re not alone. When painful or difficult emotions overwhelm you, you ...

Orthopaedic Research UKWritten by Keynote Contributor, Professor Mike Hurley. Worldwide chronic knee, hip and back pain are the commonest causes of pain. It impairs people’s mobility, physical, mental ...

Cognitive functional therapy sustains its long-term benefits in reducing activity limitations due to chronic low back pain ...

Do you suffer from chronic pain? Has your physician tried everything and told you there is nothing more they can do to help you and that you should learn to live with your pain? If so, you should know ...

Life with chronic back pain can be…tough. It’s often hard to pinpoint the cause, so finding the right treatment can feel impossible. 1 It’s an invisible condition, so there’s a chance no one really ...

Self-inflicted injury is the act of intentionally harming one’s own body without meaning for the injury to be fatal. People who engage in self-inflicted injury typically do so in an attempt to cope ...