About
Accuracy is the whole proposition
There is no shortage of confident writing about chronic pain. There is a shortage of writing that tells you how confident to be. That gap is the reason this site exists.
What we publish
We bridge established pain science and emerging mind-body approaches, and we mark the seam clearly rather than blurring it. A mechanism demonstrated in a laboratory is not a treatment. A treatment that helped one person is not a protocol. Keeping those distinctions visible is the editorial job.
Our commitments
- We label every article with one of four evidence levels.
- We cite primary literature, and we read the papers we cite.
- We publish corrections in place, with a dated update note, rather than editing quietly.
- We take no advertising and no sponsored content. Our own guides are clearly identified as ours.
- We do not claim to cure chronic pain, and we do not imply that recovery is a matter of effort or belief.
- We write about uncertainty as a finding, not as a failure.
How we grade evidence
Established Evidence
Supported by multiple high-quality trials, systematic reviews, or broad scientific consensus.
Emerging Research
Early but credible findings — small trials, mechanistic studies, or replication still in progress.
Clinical Observation
Patterns widely reported by experienced clinicians that have not yet been formally tested at scale.
Debated Perspective
Credible researchers disagree. We present the strongest case on each side rather than picking a winner.
Who writes here
- EM
Dr. Elena Marsh
PhD, Pain Neuroscience
Elena researches nociplastic pain and threat learning. She writes about what the evidence supports, what it does not, and where the honest uncertainty lies.
- JO
Julian Okafor
DPT, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Julian has spent fourteen years in outpatient rehabilitation working with people whose pain outlasted their tissue healing. He translates clinic-floor patterns into careful, non-overstated language.
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Sara Lindqvist
MSc, Behavioural Medicine
Sara studies sleep, stress physiology, and behaviour change. She is the site's most reliable sceptic of any claim that sounds too tidy.
Corrections and challenges
If you believe we have misread a paper, overstated a finding, or applied the wrong evidence label, tell us. Well-argued challenges are the cheapest quality control available, and we would rather be corrected by a reader than repeat an error for a year. Write to us via the contact page.