Coping with Pain

If your spinal arthritis keeps you from living fully or from resting fully, try these tips.

Share your tips for coping with holiday back pain or neck pain. Read other peoples tips as well.See submissions

Back Pain Understood by Brian Hainline MD is a guide to healing back pain. Read the book review of Back Pain Understood by Brian Hainline MD.

Has a back pain syndrome interrupted your quality of life? Share your story.See submissions

Living with chronic or acute back or neck pain requires an adjustment. Pick up some tips and resources to make living with back pain or neck pain...

Many patients who have chronic back and neck pain, and/or chronic pain conditions believe they have to accept disrespectful, and even abusive treatment from their physicians. Understanding what assertiveness is and taking the challenge of practicing it may be a handy tool for taking charge of chronic pain management.

About's Stress Management editor, Elizabeth Scott offers a 5-step plan to begin (or continue) working on your assertiveness skills.

CAM and alternative medicine is used a lot by people with back pain and back problems. Have you tried CAM, holistic therapies or alternative medicine for your back or neck pain? Share your CAM story.

People who are well meaning may give you their advice when that is not at all what you need. How do you handle that unwanted piece of back pain advice?

Spinal arthritis and joint pain go hand in hand. Here are some great tips from a physical therapist on how to avoid joint pain when you exercise for your spinal arthritis.