The Gender Gap in Pain
Research shows that your gender affects how you experience pain. As a woman, you may also receive different treatment for your facial pain.
If your face pain has come back after treatment, it can be devastating. It is important to understand what to do next and where to turn.
Research shows that your gender affects how you experience pain. As a woman, you may also receive different treatment for your facial pain.
Jonathan Greenberg, Research Staff Psychologist, Harvard Brain Integrative Health Clinic and Research Program will explain what mindfulness is and how it is used in therapeutic and other settings.
In this webinar, Dr. Jeffrey Brown, Chairman of the FPA Medical Advisory Board, talks about the top questions patients and their loved ones have regarding trigeminal neuralgia.
Learn whether trigeminal neuralgia can make you eligible for disability benefits.
When you have facial pain, it’s not always easy to remain positive. Learn how you can improve your facial pain and well-being with a positive attitude.
Dr. Deborah Barrett offers a framework and tools to help people improve their quality of life, just as they are, while also reducing pain and suffering. Her work draws from empirically based cognitive and behavioral interventions, and she practices what she preaches every day.
Dr. Raymond Sekula, Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Director of the Cranial Nerve Disorders Program at UPMC, and FPA Medical Advisory Board member reviews the challenges that can complicate the care of people with neuropathic facial pain.
When severe facial pain is an emergency, this guidance will inform the doctors how to treat you.
Prepare for facial pain flares and learn how to better avoid and deal with face pain flares when they happen.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. This presentation will review the applications of EMDR for people with facial pain.
Complementary health approaches, also referred to as complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), integrative health therapies, and other terms, refers to a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, […]
Facial pain affects you and those who love you. Learn to improve the quality of your relationships when you have face pain.
Neuromodulation can relieve various types of facial pain. Learn more about neuromodulation and whether it can help your face pain.
Michele Cohen, LCSW and FPA Support Group Leader discusses the benefits of psychotherapy and support programs, including her own experience as someone with facial pain.
Dr. Konstantin Slavin discusses neuromodulation, a procedure used to treat and enhance quality of life in individuals who suffer severe chronic illness due to persistent pain.
Medical cannabis has become a useful tool in the toolbox for people with facial pain. Learn more about cannabis for face pain.
Microvascular decompression is a surgical treatment for neuropathic facial pain. Learn whether MVD is an option for you.
Two people affected by neuropathic facial pain discuss their experience using medical marijuana.
Dr. Gary Stanton explains how acupuncture can help manage TN pain.
Maintaining dental health is important for people with face pain. These steps will help you stop avoiding the dentist.
FPA Board Chairman David Meyers welcomes you to our new website.
Dr. Derek Steinbacher, Director of Craniofacial Surgery, Yale Medicine, Chief of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Dentistry, FPA Medical Advisory Board member, reviews migraines, TMJ disorders, and dental pain.
Can Hormones Affect Facial Pain? Some women experience a change in their facial pain at various points in their menstrual cycles, when taking or stopping hormonal methods of birth control, […]
Facial pain can create fears and doubts. Learn about taking control of your life with facial pain.
If you suffer from true migraine headaches, there are surgical treatments that may be appropriate for you.
Jennifer M. Wagner, Executive Director of the Western Pain Society, explains the brain-body connection with an emphasis on pain response and provides a list of strategies for those affected by chronic pain.
Kenneth Casey, MD, FACS There is good news on the horizon finally for folks with chronic pain. The International Classification of Diseases – 11 (ICD11) has listed a new code […]
Facial pain can be described in many words…but if you had to choose just one, what would it be? The YPC recently shared how we would describe TN in one word and how we plan to overcome TN.
Worry about being able to afford your prescription medication while you are in pain adds to the frustration and fear for people with facial pain.
Dr. Steven Chang of Stanford University Medical Center and FPA Medical Advisory Board member reviews radiation treatment options for neuropathic facial pain.
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