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Welcome to Pain Education.com One in three Western households has one or more members with a chronic pain condition which usually has been present for more than three years and is described by 40% as being distressing, severe or unbearable.   This website describes a series of interventions undertaken in a "Private Chronic Benign Pain Management Clinic" setting over a ten year period, where 10,000 patients were treated with a wide range of therapies including: Acupuncture, Relaxation Training, Biofeedback, Hypnosis, Nerve Blocks and Physiotherapy. The therapeutic goals were primarily the amelioration of the presenting pain state by treatment aimed at resolving the tissue problem or reflexes maintaing the pain state and the prevention of reoccurrences by re-education of pain related emotions, posture and job task. Substantial attempts were made to quantify and present the results obtained by the interventions over time. Several articles detailing the results of medical practitioner education, focussed on the interventions listed above, including changes in diagnostic behaviour in particular utilisation of pathology and radiology and usage/introduction of non-drug therapeutic modalities and prescribing behaviour are presented. Search this website     Latest Pain articles and resources The Epidemiology of Pain: An Australian Study ... One in three households has a member in chronic pain. Patients' Pain Communication Tool  ... One of the problems pain patients face is to accurately convey to their healthcare practitioner meaningful information about their pain. About Fibromyalgia and Myofascial - Trigger Point Dependent Pain ... A practitoner, including those that seek to treat the patient's "mental" state, should not embark on a course of treatment for a chronic pain patient unless he or she has physically examined the patient. If you are a pain patient and haven't been palpated you have not been fully examined. A series of articles are presented to illustrate why this is a truism. About Acupuncture for the Management of Chronic Pain  ... Studies and articles about Acupuncture as taught in Nanjing China 1978 plus outcomes when applied to Western patients. A Series of Powerpoint Lectures for Download ... Includes pain assessment tools, myofascial pain states, trigger points, treatment techniques... Do Short Courses on Pain Management Provoke Changes in General Practice Pain Management ? ...Analysis of results of educational interventions. Pain Assessment Clinical Audit Activity ... Designed for Australian Medical Practitioners Sciatica Treatment Trial - Australia Post Herpetic Neuralgia / Shingles Trial - Australia   The majority of the Acupuncture articles were written by Dr Simon Strauss who was sponsored by the W.H.O to attend the first course on Acupuncture for Western medical practitioners held in China (1978). Dr Strauss has now retired from medical practice having established Australia's first private multi-disciplinary pain clinic. Most of the clinical material published herein was gathered and collated from studies carried out on the 10,000 patients who attended for the management of their chronic (mostly) benign pain syndromes. The majority of the Myofascial Pain articles were written by our visiting lecturers. Club Management Software Natural Hair Care Photo Calendars Personalized Pencils

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