Monique Coombs

Most people have felt pain in some way shape or form. You twist your ankle, you sleep wrong, you bang your knee on something. After a few days, maybe a week or two, plus some icing and ibuprofen, your body heals and the pain fades. It hurts, but then it usually gets better. That's called acute pain, and it's your body doing exactly what it's supposed to do: alerting you to an injury and then feeling better once the problem is resolved. Chronic pain is different. Chronic pain is pain that...

These are the remarks I gave on July 21, 2025, at the Lost Fishermen's Memorial in Lubec, Maine. Governor Mills has proclaimed July 21...

Why Recovery Matters for Fishermen Allostatic load is what happens when your body never fully resets. It’s the slow, steady buildup of...