A new study led by UNSW Sydney and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) shows that targeting emotional processing is key to treating and managing chronic pain. The trial showed that enhancing the ...

We tend to monitor our bodies and our physical health far more than we do our emotional health. For example, we get yearly physical check-ups but the idea of getting a ‘psychological check-up’ is ...

My previous post, "Is Pain All In Your Head?" discussed how the same sensation can be interpreted as excitement, pain, or pressure, depending on how you interpret it. How does that work? The amygdala.

A large, two-year study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and consisting of more than 1,400 adults living with chronic pain across the United States found that people who struggle to ...

Editor’s note: Shift Your Mindset is an occasional series from CNN’s Mindfulness, But Better team. We talk to experts about how to do things differently to live a better life. Although often invisible ...

FEAR that makes you vomit, the sting of a rejection, paralysing grief – emotional pain can manifest in many physical symptoms. And while writers and musicians have spun tales and crafted songs ...

Waking up with stiffness or struggling to stand after sitting for a long time might seem like a normal part of getting older or the lingering result of an injury. Maybe that hip pain came from ...