
Our mission is to improve the quality of care and to help you to effectively deliver pain treatments to your patients.
Treat Pain Better is a case-based learning portal that helps all types of clinical practitioners increase their confidence and knowledge about effectively treating pain.

Chronic Pain Is Widely Misunderstood
We bridge the gap between what higher education and experience on the job provides. Treat Pain Better grants you the knowledge to confidently and safely treat pain and prevent the ongoing suffering of your patients.
If you are looking into this site, it means you are looking to gain more experience to manage the pain of your patients safely and knowledgeably. This resource will build your confidence and competency in pain management.
Treat
Pain Better
Help Your Patients, Safely
Regardless of your specific discipline, this site will provide you with the necessary tools to help those who are suffering.
Confidence
Confidently validate and assess what the patient needs.
Knowledge
Understand how to deliver essential pain medicine, treatment, and care.
Drive
Become an advocate for more effective pain treatment.
Resources
Confidently validate and assess what the patient needs.
You Can Ease Suffering
After 30 years of experience with virtual environments for pain education, USC is launching Treat Pain Better, specifically designed for nurses, doctors, dentists, physicians, psychologists, chiropractors, and any clinician with patients.

Start Learning About Pain
Brought to You by experts in Pain Management and Online Education
With an abundance in specific cases and concrete applications, Treat Pain Better leverages its expert team of USC educators to bring clinicians up to speed on reliable, resourceful, and innovative practices.

Steven Richeimer
Pain Medicine

Mariela Padilla
Orofacial Pain

Luciano Nocera
Engineering

Inder Kaur
Pain Master Student

Faye Weinstein
Pain Psychology

Talin Evazyan
Pain Medicine

Ashley Balentine
Pain Medicine

Lindsey Shomer
Occupational Therapy

Daniel Cleland
Physical Therapy

Veronica Acevedo
Nursing

Basya Wixen
Psychology Student

Kartik Depala
Medicine Student

Glenn T. Clark
Orofacial Pain
Acknowledgement of contribution:
- Inder Kaur (Edition of “Peggy has a Headache”)
- Basya Wixen (Educational resources curator)
- Kartik Depala (Edition of media snippets)
- Noam Rose (Usability study and blog’s writing)
- Ryan Wisniewski (Podcast production)