MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 100 million Americans live with chronic pain, which can interfere with everyday activities like work, exercise, and hobbies. At WVU Medicine , specialists are offering patients new ways to manage pain and improve quality of life. Many people believe they just must live with their pain, but today there are more options for relief than ever before.

Chronic pain is defined as pain lasting more than three months after an injury or surgery. Back and neck pain are the most common causes, but arthritis, headaches, and nerve pain also affect millions of people.

“You don’t have to just live with the pain,” Richard Vaglienti, M.D. , director of the WVU Medicine Center for Integrative Pain Management , said. “The worst that would happen is if you ask us, ‘Can any

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