AAPM has recently joined six (6) other pain specialty societies… February 9, 2021 , 8:02 pm , Uncategorized AAPM has recently joined six (6) other Pain Specialty Societies on a letter to the Medicare Administrative Contractor Medical Directors supporting coverage of epidural injections for management of chronic pain.  The letter provides

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented major challenges to pain care, as pain clinicians face severe restrictions in their ability to provide usual in-person assessments and treatments. COVID-19 has also exposed prepandemic problems in providing comprehensive pain care. Yet, despite this crisis, there have been encouraging developments for long-term delivery of

AAPM member Paul Glare, MD, discusses the work of the multidisciplinary unit at Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI), University of Sydney, Australia, that focuses on the medical, psychological, and philosophical aspects of pain. Read more.

Research linking fluctuations in bone marrow lesions with pain fluctuations may suggest that targeting these lesions could successfully reduce osteoarthritis pain, according to a speaker at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West. Read more.  

A Canadian researcher has found that the virus that causes COVID-19 can hijack a pain receptor on our cells, using it to get into the cell, but also blocking its ability to signal pain. This could mean that the virus blocks the discomfort people would normally feel early in an