Pain Management Organizations and InformationStephanie Clipper (NINDS)
United States Organizations
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Information also is available from the following organizations:
- American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)
P.O. Box 850
Rocklin, CA 95677-0850
ACPA@pacbell.net
http://www.theacpa.org
Tel: 916-632-0922 800-533-3231
Fax: 916-632-3208
Provides self-help coping skills and peer support to people with chronic pain. Sponsors local support groups throughout the U.S. and provides assistance in starting and maintaining support groups.
- American Migraine Foundation
19 Mantua Road
Mt. Royal, NJ 08061
achehq@talley.com
https://americanmigrainefoundation.org/
Tel: 856-423-0258 800-255-ACHE (255-2243)
Fax: 856-423-0082
Their mission is to mobilize a community for patient support and advocacy, as well as drive and support impactful research that translates into treatment advances for patients with migraine and other disabling diseases that cause severe head pain.
- National Headache Foundation
820 N. Orleans
Suite 217
Chicago, IL 60610-3132
info@headaches.org
http://www.headaches.org
Tel: 773-388-6399 888-NHF-5552 (643-5552)
Fax: 773-525-7357
Non-profit organization dedicated to service headache sufferers, their families, and the healthcare practitioners who treat them. Promotes research into headache causes and treatments and educates the public.
- National Foundation for the Treatment of Pain
P.O. Box 70045
Houston, TX 77270
http://www.painmd.com
Tel: 713-862-9332
Fax: 713-862-9346
Not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing support for patients who are suffering from intractable pain, their families, friends and the physicians who treat them. Offers a patient forum, advocacy programs, information, support resources, and direct medical intervention.
- Mayday Fund [For Pain Research]
c/o SPG
136 West 21st Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10011
mayday@maydayfund.org
http://www.painandhealth.org
Tel: 212-366-6970
Fax: 212-366-6979
The Mayday Pain Project works to increase awareness and to provide objective information concerning the treatment of pain.
- American Pain Foundation
201 North Charles Street
Suite 710
Baltimore, MD 21201-4111
info@painfoundation.org
http://www.painfoundation.org
Tel: 888-615-PAIN (7246) 410-783-7292
Fax: 410-385-1832
Independent non-profit information, education, and advocacy organization serving people with pain. Works to improve the quality of life for people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating the removal of barriers and increased access to effective pain management.
- Arthritis Foundation
1330 West Peachtree Street
Suite 100
Atlanta, GA 30309
help@arthritis.org
http://www.arthritis.org
Tel: 800-283-7800 404-965-7100
Fax: 404-872-0457
Volunteer-driven organization that works to improve lives through leadership in the prevention, control, and cure of arthritis and related diseases. Offers free brochures on various types of arthritis, treatment options, and management of daily activities when affected.
International Organization
The International Association for the Study of Pain brings together scientists, clinicians, health-care providers, and policymakers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide.
http://www.iasp-pain.org/
Australian Organizations
The Australian Pain Management Association Inc. (APMA) is a health charity which was established in 2009 because there weren't any community services for the more than 3.2 million Australians living with pain. APMA is the consumer health organisation for all Australians who live with pain.
http://www.painmanagement.org.au/
The Australian Pain Society is a multidisciplinary organisation aiming to relieve pain and related suffering through advocacy and leadership in clinical practice, education and research.
https://www.apsoc.org.au/
Painaustralia is a national not-for-profit body established to improve the treatment and management of pain in Australia. The organization was formed in February 2011 to facilitate implementation of the National Pain Strategy (NPS), which was developed by more than 200 delegates at the Pain Summit held at Parliament House, Canberra, in March 2010.
http://www.painaustralia.org.au/
Canadian Organizations
Canadian Pain Society is a society of scientists and health professionals who have a vested interest in pain research and management. As a chapter of the IASP, the CPS supports the treatment of pain as a basic human right and is currently advocating for a Canadian National Pain Strategy.
http://www.canadianpainsociety.ca/
The Chronic Pain Association of Canada is Canada's largest independent, not-for-profit charitable organization serving people affected by pain, through education, information, support advocacy.
http://chronicpaincanada.com/
The Canadian Academy of Pain Management is dedicated to promoting excellence of care for pain sufferers; through comprehensive professional development for professionals who care for pain sufferers; in a context of interdisciplinary collaboration; and through adherence to the core professional attitudes and acquisition of knowledge essential for caring for pain sufferers.
http://canadianapm.com/
United Kingdom Organizations
The British Pain Society is the largest multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain within the UK. Membership comprises medical pain specialists, nurses, physiotherapists, scientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, general practitioners, occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals actively engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of pain and in pain research for the benefit of patients.
https://www.britishpainsociety.org/
Pain UK is an alliance of charities providing a voice for people in pain. They were founded in November 2011 and registered as a charity in January 2012. Since then, their membership base has grown rapidly and they now support charities dealing with all manner of painful conditions, from head to toe.
https://painuk.org/
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