{"id":12620,"date":"2025-06-25T15:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T15:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/?p=12620"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:42:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:42:05","slug":"living-with-chronic-pain-an-overlooked-chronic-condition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/chronic-conditions\/living-with-chronic-pain-an-overlooked-chronic-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Living with chronic pain: an overlooked chronic condition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"background-color:#f2f2f2;color:#32373c\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-profile-box round ab-has-avatar ab-font-size-14 ab-block-profile ab-profile-columns\"><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-avatar-wrap\"><div class=\"ab-profile-image-wrap\"><figure class=\"ab-profile-image-square\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" class=\"ab-profile-avatar wp-image-12621\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/25145341\/vicky-1750863221-1570371866280.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/25145341\/vicky-1750863221-1570371866280.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/25145341\/vicky-1750863221-1570371866280-125x125.jpeg 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ab-profile-column ab-profile-content-wrap\"><h2 class=\"ab-profile-name\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Christina Donnelly<\/h2><p class=\"ab-profile-title\" style=\"color:#32373c\">Executive Director, Chronic Pain Ireland<\/p><div class=\"ab-profile-text\"><\/div><ul class=\"ab-social-links\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In Ireland, up to one in three people live with chronic pain \u2014 a condition that impacts every aspect of life, from work to mental health. Yet, it remains one of the least understood and most under-recognised chronic illnesses.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Chronic pain often has no visible signs. This invisibility leads to misunderstanding, isolation and stigma \u2014 leaving many to suffer in silence. For people living with neurological conditions, between 20% and 40% also experience chronic pain as part of their diagnosis. Despite this, care is too often fragmented, delayed or absent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-community-focused-chronic-pain-support\"><strong>Community-focused chronic pain support<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At Chronic Pain Ireland (CPI), we support people living with chronic pain through peer-led self-management programmes, a confidential helpline, regular online workshops, and accessible digital resources. However, support alone isn\u2019t enough. CPI also advocates year-round for joined-up, person-centred care \u2014 particularly in the community, where early intervention can significantly improve outcomes and reduce long-term disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>For people living with neurological conditions, <br>between 20% and 40% also experience <br>chronic pain as part of their diagnosis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-campaign-committed-to-chronic-pain\"><strong>Campaign committed to chronic pain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In September, during Pain Awareness Month, we will build on this ongoing work with a national campaign to spotlight the realities of chronic pain, challenge stigma and push for better services. People living with chronic pain need your support.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-join-us-in-tackling-national-chronic-pain-issues\"><strong>Join us in tackling national chronic pain issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you\u2019re living with chronic pain, caring for someone who is or working in the health system, we invite you to stand with us. Together, we can create a future where people living with pain are listened to, understood and supported \u2014 not just to cope, but to thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"color:#32373c;background-color:#00d1b2\" class=\"wp-block-atomic-blocks-ab-notice ab-font-size-18 ab-block-notice\" data-id=\"5e5432\"><div class=\"ab-notice-text\" style=\"border-color:#00d1b2\"><p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicpain.ie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chronicpain.ie <\/a>to learn more.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a id=\"_msocom_1\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ireland, up to one in three people live with chronic pain \u2014 a condition that impacts every aspect of life, from work to mental health. Yet, it remains one of the least understood and most under-recognised chronic illnesses. Chronic pain often has no visible signs. This invisibility leads to misunderstanding, isolation and stigma \u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/chronic-conditions\/living-with-chronic-pain-an-overlooked-chronic-condition\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":12622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5977],"tags":[5978],"class_list":["post-12620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chronic-conditions","tag-chronic-conditions-2025"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/25150108\/vicky-1750863667-AdobeStock_1338773478-600x400.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/s3.eu-north-1.amazonaws.com\/cdn-site.mediaplanet.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/94\/2025\/06\/25150108\/vicky-1750863667-AdobeStock_1338773478-600x600.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"henryphillips","author_link":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/author\/henryphillips\/"},"vicky_index_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12623,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620\/revisions\/12623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthnews.ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}