The sex of the researchers conducting experiments in pain matters- PARTICIPANT -EXPERIMENTER sex concordonace. Really interesting study focussing on one more parameter in understanding pain and sex differences. @rheumnow #ACR23 https://t.co/XlzxabpLvy

Green light therapy - room with green light helps with pain! Funny lines here While walking in the countryside, My knee felt better, I began to stride Green light's the key to my inner peace It must be that cannabinoid release Where do you act to reduce my pain? @RheumNow #ACR23

Little disturbing to see the data that most patients using cannabis dont know what exact product they are using. Also not most is not prescribed/ illegal! Lots to learn and may have potential but need to be careful! @RheumNow #ACR23 https://t.co/Y0vHmVvWdL

Controlled substance rundown - CBD and THC are the key molecules Used since 5K years 18 percent of americans have used opiods once since 2019! @rheumnow #ACR23 https://t.co/iEscYxB5j5

Quantitative sensory testing is a way to understand pain in clinical research. Low correlation with Fibromyalgia surveys. Understanding NOCICEPTIVE, NEUROPATHIC, NOCIPLASTIC pain imp! Pressure pain thresholds predicted disease activity in #RA @Lee_Yvonne_C @RheumNow #ACR23 https://t.co/VjdyjudfdY

Need to point out limitations of QSTs too! Need trained researchers. Need some sort of quantification to help. Mechanism specific pain management is the goal! @RheumNow #ACR23 https://t.co/Frcger9ZUk

Women are more sensitive to pain! Disconnect between the clinical problem and rat studies which are predominantly male! Sex as a biological variable! Policies change behavior! Now data is more balanced! @rheumnow #ACR23 https://t.co/NluYR25TtM

Chronic pain affects mortality!! Men with more pain sites (which correlates with numerical pain too) had higher early mortality compared to women- study in a large UK sample. @rheumnow #ACR23

Mic drop moments in #OA research by David Walsh! Focus on the bone- subchondral bone main be the PAIN POINT. @rheumnow #ACR23 https://t.co/PxCQ68YsTx

Pain without inflammation might be a myth! We need to understand a lot of immune cells before saying that! Important perpheral drivers may be important to study too! #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/VaRC1WAmiJ