Voices in Pain Medicine

Voices in Pain Medicine is AAPM's member-authored blog, featuring contributions from Committees, Shared Interest Groups (SIGs), and members across the Academy. Share timely perspectives, clinical insights, research commentary, responses to new guidelines, ongoing projects, and other issues shaping the field.

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Emergency Medicine's Growing Role in Pain Medicine
Emergency Medicine's Growing Role in Pain Medicine

Voices in Pain Medicine: How emergency medicine fuels a new pain medicine pipeline, tackles fellowship shortages, and promotes cross-specialty training. Continue Reading

Date posted07/8/2026


Mixing Local Anesthetics - Evidence or Anecdote?
Mixing Local Anesthetics - Evidence or Anecdote?

Voices in Pain Medicine explores if mixing local anesthetics for nerve blocks is evidence-based or anecdote-driven, noting onset, duration, and safety. Continue Reading

Date posted07/6/2026


Top 3 Career Lessons from Women in Pain Medicine
Top 3 Career Lessons from Women in Pain Medicine

Voices in Pain Medicine: Women share top career lessons—networking, mentorship, and redefining success across early, mid, and late career paths for clinicians. Continue Reading

Date posted06/3/2026


Chronic CRPS Diagnosis and Treatment
Chronic CRPS Diagnosis and Treatment

Voices in Pain Medicine: ASIPP 2025 guidelines define chronic CRPS with a time-based diagnostic framework and multimodal management for improved patient outcomes. Continue Reading

Date posted04/6/2026


Book Review: Chronic Pain & Healing
Book Review: Chronic Pain & Healing

Book review: Rachel Zoffness's Tell Me Where It Hurts explains pain psychology and the bio-psycho-social model with practical, self-healing tips for clinicians. Continue Reading

Date posted03/27/2026


AI in Interventional Pain Management: What to Know
AI in Interventional Pain Management: What to Know

Voices in Pain Medicine examines AI and machine learning in interventional pain management: imaging, outcome prediction, workflow, ethics, and adoption. Continue Reading

Date posted02/2/2026


Paths Into Pain Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Future
Paths Into Pain Medicine: A Multidisciplinary Future

Voices in Pain Medicine highlights multidisciplinary pathways, featuring PM&R, neurology, psychiatry, and radiology, expanding access to care for patients. Continue Reading

Date posted02/2/2026