Non-pharmacological therapies to treat musculoskeletal pain

doi:10.1080/17581869.2025.2509475

Editorial

. 2025 Jun;15(6):297-299.

doi: 10.1080/17581869.2025.2509475. Epub 2025 May 20.

Non-pharmacological therapies to treat musculoskeletal pain

Giacomo Farì¹, Silvia Fiore², Giustino Varrassi³, Andrea Bernetti^{1

4}

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¹ Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
² Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Pain Medicine, Fondazione Paolo Procacci, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Interdepartmental University Program of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, "V. Fazzi" Hospital, ASL Lecce, Lecce, Italy.

PMID: 40392628
PMCID: PMC12140461 (available on 2026-05-20)
DOI: 10.1080/17581869.2025.2509475

Editorial

Non-pharmacological therapies to treat musculoskeletal pain

Giacomo Farì et al. Pain Manag. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;15(6):297-299.

doi: 10.1080/17581869.2025.2509475. Epub 2025 May 20.

Authors

Giacomo Farì¹, Silvia Fiore², Giustino Varrassi³, Andrea Bernetti^{1

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Experimental Medicine (Di.Me.S.), University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.
² Division of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
³ Department of Pain Medicine, Fondazione Paolo Procacci, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Interdepartmental University Program of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, "V. Fazzi" Hospital, ASL Lecce, Lecce, Italy.

PMID: 40392628
PMCID: PMC12140461 (available on 2026-05-20)
DOI: 10.1080/17581869.2025.2509475

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Keywords: Pain; complementary therapy; osteoarthritis; pain management; pharmacology.

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The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

Giustino Varrassi is a member of the Pain Management Editorial Board. They were not involved in any editorial decisions related to the publication of this article, and all author details were blinded to the article’s peer reviewers as per the journal’s double-anonymized peer review policy.

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1. Vollset SE, Ababneh HS, Abate YH, et al. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021. Lancet. 2024;403(10440):2204–2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Farì G, Notarnicola A, Di Paolo S, et al. Epidemiology of injuries in water board sports: trauma versus overuse injury. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2021;61(5):707–711. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11379-3 - DOI - PubMed
1. James L, Hailey LH, Suribhatla R, et al. The impact of psoriatic arthritis on quality of life: a systematic review. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2024;16:1759720X241295920. doi: 10.1177/1759720X241295920 - DOI - PMC - PubMed
1. Pan Q, Tao Y, Cai T, et al. A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants associated with hip pain in the UK biobank cohort (N = 221,127). Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):2812. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85871-w - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[1] Edelman Intelligence . Global pain index 2017: global research report. Commissioned by GSK consumer healthcare. London: GSK; 2017. [cited 2025 May 2].

[2] Edelman Intelligence . Global pain index 2017: global research report. Commissioned by GSK consumer healthcare. London: GSK; 2017. [cited 2025 May 2].

[3] Vollset SE, Ababneh HS, Abate YH, et al. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021. Lancet. 2024;403(10440):2204–2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[4] Vollset SE, Ababneh HS, Abate YH, et al. Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021. Lancet. 2024;403(10440):2204–2256. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)00685-8 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[5] Farì G, Notarnicola A, Di Paolo S, et al. Epidemiology of injuries in water board sports: trauma versus overuse injury. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2021;61(5):707–711. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11379-3 - DOI - PubMed

[6] Farì G, Notarnicola A, Di Paolo S, et al. Epidemiology of injuries in water board sports: trauma versus overuse injury. J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2021;61(5):707–711. doi: 10.23736/S0022-4707.20.11379-3 - DOI - PubMed

[7] James L, Hailey LH, Suribhatla R, et al. The impact of psoriatic arthritis on quality of life: a systematic review. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2024;16:1759720X241295920. doi: 10.1177/1759720X241295920 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[8] James L, Hailey LH, Suribhatla R, et al. The impact of psoriatic arthritis on quality of life: a systematic review. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2024;16:1759720X241295920. doi: 10.1177/1759720X241295920 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[9] Pan Q, Tao Y, Cai T, et al. A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants associated with hip pain in the UK biobank cohort (N = 221,127). Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):2812. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85871-w - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Pan Q, Tao Y, Cai T, et al. A genome-wide association study identifies genetic variants associated with hip pain in the UK biobank cohort (N = 221,127). Sci Rep. 2025;15(1):2812. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85871-w - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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