Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Key Takeaways The foot has a complex structure with 28 bones, 33 joints, and over ...

Pain, which lodges at the heart of the opioid crisis, is baffling. We struggle to describe, understand, and treat it. To endure it. Which is why FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb convened last week a ...

Pain is a universal yet unique experience, not only to those undergoing it but to caretakers and loved ones of those suffering—even medical practitioners themselves often fail to grasp the ...

Lalkhen, member of the Faculty of Pain Medicine at the Royal College of Anaesthetists in London, debuts with an accessible survey of pain, a sensation that “reduces us all to our basest elements.” ...

Emotions consist of general components that are also elicited by similar impressions and specific components, report researchers. Previous studies have shown that the same brain structures -- namely ...

Someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for certain chronic pain patients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills will reduce their pain as effectively as any powerful drug on the ...

The iliac crest is the most prominent part of the ilium, the largest of the three bones that make up the bony pelvis or hip bone. Pain can occur due to wear, tear, and trauma. Exercises, stretches, ...

Sealed Lips is Mashable’s series on pelvic pain, an experience rarely discussed but shockingly common. Sealed Lips is Mashable’s series on pelvic pain, an experience rarely discussed but shockingly ...

The Anatomy of Therapy on Instagram offers five simple steps to alleviate muscle pain in the rhomboid area, often caused by long workdays.

The perineum is the area between the genitals and the anus. Possible causes of pain in this area include tears during childbirth, infections, and pelvic floor problems. Perineal pain can affect people ...

This news release is available in German. Grimacing, we flinch when we see someone accidentally hit their thumb with a hammer. But is it really pain we feel? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...