The Partners for Understanding Pain is a consortium, “spearheaded by the American Chronic Pain Association, striving to create greater understanding among health care professionals, individuals and families who are struggling with pain management, working to bring the business community, legislators, and the general public the message that pain is a serious public health issue.”
They work hard advocating for those who live in pain and below, you will find their member list and then the links to each of these supporting organization’s home web-sites.
*Note: this is not a comprehensive list but rather simply those members whose work may, directly, be helpful to individuals living in chronic pain.
Although their partnership is “dedicated to building the understanding and support that can help people with chronic, acute and cancer pain lead better lives”, the member’s list below contains helpful connections to those who have chronic pain for any number of other reasons.
You can visit www.understandingpain.org for more information.
PARTNERS for UNDERSTANDING PAIN MEMBER LIST
Pain Organizations
American Chronic Pain Association
American Academy of Pain Management
American Academy of Pain Medicine
Organizations Representing Specific Medical Conditions
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS) Association of America
National Fibromyalgia Association
National Fibromyalgia Partnership
National Vulvodynia Association
Sickle Cell Disease Association
Trigeminal Neuralgia Association
International Polio Network (aka International Post-Polio Network)
Interstitial Cystitis Association
Medical Professional Organizations
American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
American Society for Pain Management Nurses
American Society of Perianesthesia Nurses
American Association of Rehabilitation Nurses
American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
American Pharmacists Association
Universities and Research Organizations
Baylor College of Medicine: Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Center for Cancer Pain Research at Johns Hopkins
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Houston, TX
Pain & Policy Studies Group: University of Wisconsin
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers (PHRMA)
