The mission of the WashU Medicine Pain Center is to alleviate human suffering from pain through integration of research, education and clinical practice.



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How pain psychology can help manage chronic pain (Links to an external site)
According to the U.S. Pain Foundation, chronic pain affects millions of people and can impact nearly every part of daily life – sleep, exercise, work, relationships and emotional well-being. Felicitas Huber, PhD, a WashU Medicine pain psychologist, says that treatment often requires more than medication alone.
Untangling chronic pain: Inside WashU Medicine’s holistic approach (Links to an external site)
At WashU Medicine Pain Center, specialists across disciplines collaborate to diagnose and treat how patients experience chronic pain.
What drives pain beyond injury? St. Louis doctors offer insight (Links to an external site)
Dr. Sarah Buday, WashU Medicine associate professor of anesthesiology, and Corey Woldenberg, WashU Medicine assistant professor of physical therapy and othopaedic surgery, spoke with Ladue News about interdisciplinary pain management for neuroplastic pain.
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