Paul Ingraham is a science writer in Vancouver, Canada, and a chronic pain patient since 2015. He was a Registered Massage Therapist for a decade, working with with patients with chronic pain, but left that profession after finding it polluted with pseudoscience. For several years, he was the assistant editor of ScienceBasedMedicine.org, and runs PainScience.com - a website about the science of pain and injury, known for its anti-quackery activism and deep bibliography.