nccih pain patient portal

How can NCCIH help you with pain?

For Your Patients. When you ask your patients about their use of complementary or integrative health approaches, you can ensure that they are fully informed and can help them make wise health care decisions. These resources are a good start.

What is the NCCIH?

If you are a patient and would like more information about complementary and integrative therapies for pain, please contact the NCCIH Information Clearinghouse. To participate (as a patient or healthy volunteer) in NIH clinical trials on pain, please call 301-594-5731 or visit clinicaltrials.gov.

What does the NIH Pain Research Center do?

Chronic pain is pain that lasts more than several months (variously defined as 3 to 6 months, but longer than “normal healing”). It’s a very common problem. Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey show that: About 25.3 million U.S. adults (11.2 percent) had pain every day for the previous 3 months.

What is “chronic pain”?

Nov 10, 2021 · The mission of NCCIH is to define, through rigorous scientific investigation, the usefulness and safety of complementary and integrative health interventions and their roles in improving health and health care.

What is NCCIH Clearinghouse?

The NCCIH Clearinghouse provides information on NCCIH and complementary and integrative health approaches, including publications and searches of Federal databases of scientific and medical literature. The Clearinghouse does not provide medical advice, treatment recommendations, or referrals to practitioners.

What is chronic pain?

Chronic pain may result from an underlying disease or health condition, an injury, medical treatment (such as surgery), inflammation, or a problem in the nervous system (in which case it is called “neuropathic pain”); or the cause may be unknow n.

How does pain affect your life?

Pain can affect quality of life and productivity, and it may be accompanied by difficulty in moving around, disturbed sleep, anxiety, depression, and other problems . 1. For more information about chronic pain, visit the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

What is PubMed in medical terms?

A service of the National Library of Medicine, PubMed® contains publication information and (in most cases) brief summaries of articles from scientific and medical journals. For guidance from NCCIH on using PubMed, see How To Find Information About Complementary Health Approaches on PubMed.

What are some complementary therapies that can help with pain?

A growing body of evidence suggests that some complementary approaches, such as acupuncture, hypnosis, massage, mindfulness meditation, spinal manipulation, tai chi, and yoga, may help to manage some painful conditions.

How long does chronic pain last?

Chronic pain is pain that lasts more than several months (variously defined as 3 to 6 months, but longer than “normal healing”). It’s a very common problem. Results from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey show that: About 25.3 million U.S. adults (11.2 percent) had pain every day for the previous 3 months.

What are the most common chronic pain conditions?

Not all people with chronic pain have a health problem diagnosed by a health care provider, but among those who do, the most frequent conditions by far are low-back pain or osteoarthritis, according to a national survey. Other common diagnoses include rheumatoid arthritis, migraine, carpal tunnel syndrome, and fibromyalgia.