Sept is Pain Awareness Month

With our focus & planning for Invisible Illness Week we sometimes forget to mention that September is also Pain Awareness Month.

You will wnat to take a few minutes to go by the web site of American Pain Foundation & see all the exciting things they are offering such as a the launch of the Conquering Pain Together project & a a five-episode, Web-based series called the Let’s Talk Pain Show

Pain Community News is APF’s quarterly newsletter & is always full of information you should know about. Now, Pain Community News is available as an e-publication, so readers can just virtually flip through its pages.

Their web site states:

The fall issue of the newsletter is chock full of inspiring stories & helpful information including the creative & tireless efforts of advocates honoring Pain Awareness Month, 10 things you can still do to help make a difference in September, pains not to ignore, easing immunization pain, fast facts on acute back pain & much more! To receive print copies of Pain Community News in the future, please be sure we have your mailing address by registering as an APF member. Remember to encourage friends, family, colleagues & neighbors to join too – there is power in numbers, let’s work together to improve pain care in America.

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