📆🕣 Tonight 7pm! Don’t forget your tickets for the NZPS webinar on early CRPS management. FREE to New Zealand Pain Society and Australian Pain Soc members

Shortage of pain specialists hurting patients' recovery | RNZ News “People suffering chronic pain - including children and teenagers - are missing out on treatment due to the lack of services in many regions, putting their recovery at risk.” rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

⁦nzherald⁩ interviewing ⁦New Zealand Pain Society⁩ Specialist Pain Medicine Specialists Karen Joseph, Christopher Rumball and Paul Vroegop👇🏽👇🏽 Christchurch pain specialists reveal breakthroughs in treating chronic pain - NZ Herald nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurc…

Great to see results of the ASTEROID trial (stellar name!). Indicates progressive running programme is acceptable and efficacious for adults with non-specific chronic LBP (noting small sample & short follow-up). Congrats A/Prof Patrick J Owen and team! 👏👏👏bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

Join our NZPS 2024 webinar: “Cannabis, Opioids, &Public Health Implications” presented by Kenneth Finn (Pain Medicine), Colorado Springs. 📆 Tue 29 October 🕐1:00pm - 2:30pm NZST Free for New Zealand Pain Society & Australian Pain Soc members. $20 for non-members. Register at: tinyurl.com/ykchxhke

The New Zealand Pain Society conference #NZPS25 program is now out! Full overview & registration 👉 nzps25.nz 📅20-22 March 2025 🌎Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington Featuring Christopher Eccleston (UK), Prof Mark Hutchinson (Aus), A/Prof Tasha Stanton (Aus), Cheryl Davies (NZ), Suzanne Pitman (NZ)

Introducing #NZPS25 keynote speakers Prof Mark Hutchinson: Professor of Biomedicine & Director of the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) Uni of Adelaide. See Prof Mark Hutchinson talk about neuroimmunopharmacology & clinical applications at nzps25.nz

Introducing #NZPS25 keynote speaker Christopher Eccleston: Prof of Medical Psychology & Pain Science at University of Bath. Chris has published over 300 publications, consulting internationally with The Lancet and Cochrane. See Christopher Eccleston & more at nzps25.nz

🚨🦜Early Bird Deadline Mon 27 Jan 2025 🚨 Only 7 days left for discounted registration for the NZ Pain Society Conference 2025 #NZPS25 📅20-22 March 2025 🌎Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington The New Zealand Pain Society conference #NZPS25 program is available at 👉 nzps25.nz

I recommend reading these two open access pub's: Fragility and Back Pain: Lessons From the Frontiers of Biopsychosocial Practice academic.oup.com/ptj/article/10… Letter to Editor in response: academic.oup.com/ptj/article/10…

🚨🚨Early Bird Deadline Extended🚨🚨 Our early bird price for #NZPS25 is extended 1 week. Deadline now Mon 3 Feb 2025! 📅📷20-22 March 2025 🌏Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington Come see an exciting group of international & national speakers at nzps25.nz

Introducing #NZPS25 keynote speaker Helen Roome. Helen is an Occupational therapist 🇿🇦 with 30 years of experience. She is a council member of PainSA (IASP) & current chairperson of the OT Pain Management Group of SA. See Helen & more👉nzps25.nz

Just 16 days until New Zealand Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting. Much like weaving a kete (basket of knowledge), #NZPS25 will provide a collective opportunity to learn, reflect & connect to improve equitable outcomes in pain care for everyone​. Register at nzps25.nz

Prof Mark Hutchinson opening #NZPS25 with the Patrick Wall Lecture. A paradigm shift on how psychoneuroimmune changes impact pain and learning

Prof Mark Hutchinson opening #NZPS25 highlighting how vital effective pain management is for millions of people.

Smoking and back pain! A pretty linear association here pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10… Back pain is so much more than just structure or stability

Our new BJSM publication 🆕 🦶 We achieved consensus for the key diagnostic domains and conditions you should consider when assessing Achilles tendinopathy. bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/… Figure 1 summarises the recommended diagnostic process A huge thank you to all 50+ authors 👏

NZPS 2025 Webinar Series - "Some medication complications: Cannabis hyperemesis and opioid hyperalgesia" Presenter:  Dr John Alchin 📅: Wed 30 April, 7–8pm NZST FREE for New Zealand Pain Society & Australian Pain Soc members. $20 for non-members. Register now 👉 eventbrite.co.nz/e/some-medicat…

NZPS 2025 Webinar Series - "Lets hear it for the boys: Pelvic pain beyond woman's health" Presenters: Dr Karen Joseph and Amy Mepham 📅: Mon 26 May 2025 @ 7 - 8 pm 🎟️: FREE for New Zealand Pain Society & $20 for non-members. 🔗 Register: eventbrite.co.nz/e/lets-hear-it…

Really nice common sense approach to "psychology". Seems more behavioural than looking at identification or treatment "Applying psychology to enhance physiotherapy outcome" 1995! Things that need to be "seriously reconsidered" below... tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.310…