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 PainScience.com

Detailed, evidence-based guides to common painful problems
& reviews of the (tragically flawed) treatment options

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WHAT WORKS FOR STUBBORN ACHES, PAINS, AND INJURIES?

And what doesn’t? And why? PainScience.com explores the surprisingly weird
science of many kinds of chronic pain and injury, from fibromyalgia to runner’s
knee. The site is a library of a couple deep-dive articles for both patients and
healthcare professionals, informal but heavily referenced and constantly updated
for 20 years. Like it says on the tin, there’s a pro-science bias here, and
quackery is kicked to the curb. More.

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Members get more! Membership unlocks extra emails (at least), or much more for
the more expensive plans: web archives, audio versions, an RSS feed, etc. Read
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WHAT HURTS? THE MOST POPULAR GUIDES TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS

 * When to Worry About Neck Pain … and when not to! — Tips, checklists, and
   non-scary possible explanations for neck pain.
 * A Deep Dive into Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness — The biology & treatment of
   the “muscle fever” that follows intense exercise.
 * The Complete Guide to IT Band Syndrome — Everything you could possibly want
   to know about the most common type of runner’s knee.
 * 6 Main Causes of Morning Back Pain — Why is back pain worst first thing in
   the morning?
 * A Rational Guide to Fibromyalgia — All about the mysterious disease of pain,
   exhaustion, and mental fog.
 * Cramps, Spasms, Tremors & Twitches — The biology and treatment of unwanted
   muscle contractions.
 * Complete Guide to Frozen Shoulder — Exploring one of the strangest of all
   common musculoskeletal conditions.
 * INDEX of 52 CONDITION GUIDES


WHAT WORKS? THE MOST POPULAR TREATMENT REVIEWS

 * Quite a Stretch — The most popular form of therapeutic exercise… has few
   actual benefits.
 * Does Epsom Salt Work? — The science and mythology of Epsom salt bathing as a
   tonic for pain & injury.
   
 * Trigger Point Therapy — All about the strange therapeutic art of… pressing on
   sore spots?
 * Strength Training Frequency — Strength training is surprisingly efficient,
   good medicine.
 * The Chiropractic Controversies — A tour of far too many chiropractic
   controversies.
 * Does Platelet-Rich Plasma Injection Work? — Nope. The first popular
   “regenerative” therapy is bogus.
 * Zapped! Does TENS work for pain? — Electrical stimulation is perpetually
   popular, which is weird.
 * See also compilations of the most proven pain treatments, as well as a much
   wider range of more speculative options (but still safer and more plausible).
 * INDEX of 92 TREATMENT REVIEWS


YES, BUT WHY? ARTICLES ABOUT KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES OF PAIN

 * Pain is Weird — Pain is trickster, a volatile and misleading sensation.
 * Your Back Is Not Out of Alignment — Debunking the obsession with alignment
   and biomechanics.
 * MRI Worse than Useless for Back Pain — The legacy of the false alarm
   machines!
 * Is Running on Pavement Risky? — Hard-surface running might be a risk factor
   for running injuries. It’s surprising hard to tell.
 * Sensitization — Pain can change how pain works… and never for the better.
 * INDEX of 55 ARTICLES ABOUT CONCEPTS


THE BLOG & NEWSLETTER: PAIN SCIENCE NEWS, HIGHLIGHTS, AND MUSINGS

The PainScience.com blog is the “director’s commentary” for the site.

 * Apr 19: Treating PIS and long Covid
 * Apr 18: Touchy subject
 * Apr 18: Nocebic organizations
 * Apr 15: Spinal discs at risk, but not from the usual suspects
 * Apr 11: Podcast at last!
 * INDEX of 1153 POSTS


WHAT’S NEW? ARTICLE UPDATES

A steady stream of content improvements and corrections are all logged, like on
Wikipedia.

 * Apr 17: cryotherapy, whole body cryotherapy, ice baths +New section: “Ice
   baths for performance? No!”
   
   Whole Body Cryotherapy for Pain
 * Apr 16: patellofemoral syndrome +New sub-topic — Added a basic discussion of
   patellofemoral joint replacement, and made a number of other modest
   improvements to the surgery chapter.
   
   The Complete Guide to Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
 * Apr 16: low back pain +New chapter —
   
   The Complete Guide to Low Back Pain
 * Apr 15: dehydration +New section: “Dehydration itself may be less potent than
   fearing it.”
   
   Water Fever and the Fear of Chronic Dehydration
 * Apr 14: low back pain +Added exercise advice — Oddly, the summary of all
   treatment recommendations chapter had nothing to say about exercise until
   now. Better late than never!
   
   The Complete Guide to Low Back Pain
 * INDEX of MANY MORE UPDATES

You’ve got a lot of reading to do! Sorry it’s all here on the computer …


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