Health Topics — Pain & Inflammation
Pain & Inflammation
Pain is not a single biological phenomenon — different types involve different mechanisms, and cannabinoid research has examined each type differently. This pillar covers the research landscape from the mechanisms of inflammatory signaling to the human trial evidence for CBD in specific pain conditions.
Start Here — Your Experience
Living with Chronic Pain
For the person whose pain has become the background of daily life — what the research on CBG, CBD, and pain has examined.
Experience · Plain language
Joint Pain and Inflammation — What the Research Shows
For the person with arthritis or persistent joint pain — what CB2 receptors in synovial tissue are and what CBG's anti-inflammatory research has found.
Experience · Plain language
Living with Fibromyalgia — What the Research Shows
For the person with fibromyalgia searching for honest cannabinoid information — what the research has found about the ECS, central sensitisation, and the honest limits.
Experience · Plain language
Exercise Recovery and Cannabinoids: What the Research Shows
For the person whose body takes longer to recover from training, physical work, or exertion — what the ECS, inflammation, and cortisol dynamics of physical stress show about recovery.
Experience · Plain language
Cannabinoids and Pain: An Overview
Pain is not a single thing — different types involve different biological mechanisms, and cannabinoid research has examined each type differently.
Pillar anchor · Start here
CBG and Inflammatory Signaling
How CBG interacts with the body's inflammation pathways — what preclinical research has found about this cannabinoid's anti-inflammatory properties.
Tier 2 · Preclinical
CBG and Pain: Preclinical Evidence
CBG outperformed THC in some nociception models — what that finding actually means, how its three pain-relevant mechanisms work together, and where the human trial gap stands.
Tier 2 · Preclinical
CBD and Pain Research: Evidence and Limits
What controlled research has actually examined about CBD and pain — the specific pain types studied, what was found, and where the evidence runs out.
Tier 1 · Human trials
Neuroinflammation and Cannabinoids
Inflammation inside the brain and spinal cord — what it is, why it matters in neurological disease, and what research has found about cannabinoids and this process.
Tier 2 · Preclinical
CBG and Joint Health: Anti-Inflammatory Preclinical Research
CB2 receptors in synovial tissue and CBG's documented anti-inflammatory mechanisms — what the preclinical evidence shows and how it differs from pharmaceutical CBG derivatives.
Tier 2 · Preclinical
CBD and Topical Joint Applications: What the Evidence Shows
Synovial tissue expresses CB2 receptors and transdermal CBD has reached joint tissue in animal models — what the evidence shows and what remains to be established.
Tier 2 · Preclinical & early human
Chronic Pain, Central Sensitisation, and the ECS
Central sensitisation transforms acute pain into an amplified, persistent state — what research shows about the ECS in this transition and what it means for cannabinoid research.
Tier 2 · Preclinical