Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, tenderness, and fatigue. If you suspect you have fibromyalgia, it is…
It is commonly appreciated that music may offer a means of reducing pain and improving well-being through complementary or alternative low-cost, non-pharmacological, enjoyable interventions. Despite many past studies, there is…
The scientific study of mindfulness meditation has received increasingly growing interest over the past years within the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral medicine. In fact, there is now strong…
The existing tight link connecting personality and health issues has always elicited great interest, it is only in recent years that this particular association has received greater attention leading to…
The recent pandemic accelerated major changes in diagnostic tools, therapies, monitoring, nursing, etc. in such a way that the paths to healthy living will change dramatically. From now on, remoteness…
Pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” by the International Association for the…
With increasing life expectancy, age-related neurological and musculoskeletal disorders are emerging as major public health problems. Neurological disorders occur when neurons in the brain and spinal cord begin to degenerate…
Virtual reality (VR) is an emerging rehabilitation technology that has been employed in the management of acute and chronic pain of various origins. It is a promising effective intervention for…
The progress in understanding the underpinnings of placebo and nocebo effects across a number of conditions has revealed important information on the therapeutic action of words, rituals, expectations, and beliefs.…
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) in its fifth iteration, fails to capture the multiple endophenotypes of neurophysiological disruption which characterize many psychiatric disorders, as demonstrated with field testing of…