Medical Education Programming

Continuing medical education programs (for CME credits) will be offered to medical professionals throughout western Pennsylvania. Upcoming programs include:

• A medical professional’s access guide to the PAIN Foundation of Western Pennsylvania, Inc
• The Use of Opioid Analgesics in the Management of Non-malignant Pain
• Complex Regional Dystrophy Pain Syndrome-Type 1;Type 2
• Neuropathic Pain States
• Central Pain States
• Chronic Pain Management Techniques for the Physician
• Multidisciplinary Pain Management
• Pain States in Spinal Cord Injury Patients
• Severe Trigeminal Neuralgia
• Post Herpetic Neuralgia
• Vertebral Compression Fractures
• Spinal Arachnoiditis
• Pain States in Sarcoidosis
  
  Please visit this site regularly to view our calendar of events for program dates, times and locations.
   

Community Programming

Educational programs sponsored by the foundation will be held in a variety of public locations such as churches and community centers beginning this fall. Below is a partial list of the programs currently being planned. Please visit this site frequently, and check the events calendar for program dates, times and locations.
 

• An Introduction to the PAIN Foundation of Western Pennsylvania, Inc.
• The History of Pain
• Psychological Aspects of Pain
• Gender and Cultural Aspects of Pain
• Multidisciplinary Pain Management
• Cancer Pain Management
• Palliative Care and Hospice
• Aging and Pain Management
• HIV and AIDS Pain
• Chronic Pain Management
• Chronic Chest Pain Syndrome
• Severe Pelvic Pain Syndrome
• Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
• Pharmacological Pain Management
• Alternative Pain Management: Tai Chi, Herbal Alternatives, Hypnosis, Relaxation and Imagery, Acupressure and Acupuncture
• Role of Physical Therapy in Pain Medicine
• Chronic and Severe Low Back Pain-“Ooh my aching back”
• Post-mastectomy Pain Syndrome
• Osteo and Rheumatoid Arthritis