---
url: 'https://stagehia.healthinaging.org/a-z-topic/pain-management'
title: 'Pain Management'
author:
  name: 'lauren kopchik'
  url: 'https://stagehia.healthinaging.org/user/97'
date: '2018-10-31T19:26:25+00:00'
updated: '2022-12-14T16:31:14+00:00'
type: topic
summary: 'Having pain is a common experience for older people. The extent to which pain disrupts daily routines may get worse with age. Pain is often poorly evaluated and managed in older people. There is no reason to suffer silently with persistent pain as you get older.'
tags:
  - Health
published: true
---
 Pain is an unpleasant sensation and emotional experience that is or feels like it is related to damage to the body.

People feel pain through their senses, such as touch. Pain travels through nerves leading to your brain. The brain determines the pain’s severity, pattern, and location. Not all pain feels the same and it is affected by people’s memories, beliefs, and emotions.

[Basic Facts](/a-z-topic/pain-management/basic-facts)

[Causes](/a-z-topic/pain-management/causes)

[Symptoms](/a-z-topic/pain-management/symptoms)

[Diagnosis & Tests](/a-z-topic/pain-management/tests)

[Care & Treatment](/a-z-topic/pain-management/care-treatment)

[Lifestyle & Management](/a-z-topic/pain-management/lifestyle)