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Access fact sheets on various topics of pain prevention, management, and treatment from IASP’s previous Global Year initiatives.


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Natural Products: Phytotherapy and Aromatherapy

Medicinal Herbs and Their Extracts as Part of Integrative Treatment for Patients with Chronic Non-Malignant Pain The medicinal use of plants, phytotherapy, has been used empirically since mankind has existed […]

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Patellofemoral Pain (PFP)

  What is Patellofemoral Pain? Patellofemoral pain (PFP) is defined as pain around or behind the patella, which is aggravated by at least one activity that loads the patellofemoral joint […]

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Pain in Osteoarthritis

  Osteoarthritis as a major clinical problem The most common treatments of pain in osteoarthritis are: 1) exercise-based therapy in combination with pain education (and weight loss if needed), 2) […]

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Neck and Shoulder Pain

  An Increasing Problem Chronic neck and shoulder pain are two conditions often classified together, as the clinical phenotype has multiple similarities and can be difficult to differentiate. Neck and […]

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Low Back Pain

Low Back Pain is the World’s Leading Cause of Disability Low back pain causes more years lost to disability than any other condition worldwide [2]. It refers to pain experienced […]

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