Helpful articles to maximize the usage of the Painscale app. Painscale is committed to continuously enhance the app with more features to help chronic patients to effectively manage their pain journey. Under this section, you would see articles that describe newly released features and tutorials on...

Chest pain can come in a variety of forms. Some require immediate medical attention and others while scary for the individual, do not post a threat to life. Chest pain may have causes that are cardiac, pulmonary, vascular, or even gastrointestinal in nature. It may also be caused as a result of...

Since the CDC’s new prescribing guidelines for chronic pain came out in 2016 as part of an effort to help reduce addiction and deaths from overdose, the effect on individuals with chronic pain has been significant. What were supposed to be guidelines for primary care physicians are being turned...

Biofeedback is a procedure in which an individual responds to data produced by sensors placed on the body. That data may provide information about your vital signs, your brainwave, breathing, muscle, and sweat glands. This allows the individual to consciously act on functions that are usually...

Your Primary Care Provider is often the doctor that treats your pain first. In the event that the Primary Care Provider is unable to diagnose or treat your pain, you should ask for a referral to a doctor that is familiar with your specific symptoms. Most individuals with chronic pain are being sent...

Coping is a conscious effort to solve a problem, in order to master, minimize or reduce stress. Coping strategies are important for individuals living with chronic pain to help deal with the pain on a daily basis. A coping strategy is not the same as the treatment. Coping is similar to stress...

Abdominal pain is any pain experienced from the chest down to the pelvis. The abdomen is often referred to as the stomach. Abdominal pain can include pain involving the following organs: stomach, intestines, kidney, liver, spleen, gallbladder, and pancreas. The cause of abdominal pain depends on...

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people go to the doctor, and can be caused by wear and tear, overuse or injury to back muscles, bones, nerves, or discs. The most common causes of back pain are muscular irritation and joint dysfunction.

Facial pain is pain that is felt in any part of the face, including the eyes and mouth. There are a variety of issues that can cause facial pain, including disorder that can cause severe, chronic facial pain.