Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency linked significantly to chronic knee pain and widespread pain but not chronic regional musculoskeletal pain at the neck and shoulder, back, hip, or knee. Severe ...

Most underlying causes of joint pain are localized, meaning you feel it in one place. However, it’s possible to experience more widespread joint pain and stiffness from certain conditions. These ...

Chronic pain might quietly push people toward developing high blood pressure—and the more widespread the pain, the greater the danger. A massive analysis of over 200,000 adults uncovered strong links ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Older adults with pain for more than a day are more likely to report trouble sleeping years later, according to a new study. The risk of long-term sleep problems was even ...

Pain is the most common reason people seek medical care, according to the National Institutes of Health. “Sometimes we can easily pinpoint what is causing a person pain,” says Richard Harris, Ph.D., ...

Many people with fibromyalgia describe the chronic condition as a "bad case of the flu that never goes away," because they have widespread pain, wake up with stiff muscles and experience brain fog, ...

Surgical weight loss reduces pain in Black and Hispanic patients, yielding the greatest benefit for pain reduction within the first three months after surgery and decreasing pain faster among Hispanic ...

The need to recognize and manage chronic nociplastic pain has become integral to rheumatology practice, as research over the past half-decade has affirmed that when central sensitization is present, ...

Excess abdominal fat is associated with widespread chronic pain, particularly in women, finds the first study of its kind, published in the open access journal Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine.

In the first study of its kind, excess abdominal fat has been associated with chronic pain, but the good news is that losing weight that can reduce waistlines could help relieve widespread ...

Juvenile fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that affects young people. It causes widespread muscle and joint pain, tiredness, and sleep problems. There is no cure for juvenile fibromyalgia, but ...

Factors associated with an increased likelihood of having fibromyalgia and widespread pain included female sex, depression/anxiety, and having multiple comorbidities. The prevalence of fibromyalgia is ...