GMI and Chronic Pain

Registrations are NOW OPEN for probably the best little pain meeting in the world. 

Date – Tuesday 12^th March 2019

We have a fantastic line up of speakers – Dr Melanie Noel from Calgary | Dr Lauren Heathcote from Oxford/Stanford | Dr Siobhan Schabrun |Dr David Seminowicz | Prof Daniel Hutto | Prof Roland Sussex | Dr David Butler | Joshua Pate | Dr Emma Karran | the infamous PainAdelaide Q & A and a few other surprises!

We are back at the National Wine Centre again and as per previous years, Numbers are strictly limited so you will need to be quick.

Register for PainAdelaide here. Cost is $120 for full registration, Students are $80 (copy of student id needs to be emailed through along with supervisors name), payment is by Visa or Mastercard.

The Centre for Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience at the University of South Australia is looking for healthy pain-free volunteers and volunteers living with chronic pain who are aged above 18, and can proficiently write and read in English, to help us understand the relationship between language and pain.

Click here to participate in the online survey

For further information contact valeria.bellan@unisa.edu.au

Please support if you can, we still have a long way to go to create a new intervention aimed at reducing pain for cancer survivors. Please share / contribute so that we can get this off the ground.

Read what Lorimer has to say here ‘Pain after Cancer.  Let’s take it on‘.

Young people with CRPS and parents/caregivers are needed for research being conducted at Bath University

The study involves asking young people (14-25 years) with CRPS and parents of young people with CRPS to complete a 20-25 online survey which asks them to think about their future.  Study recruitment is being conducted separately for both young people and parents. Please email crpsstories@bath.ac.uk if you would like to take part. Participants will be paid for their time.

Lorimer Moseley answering the question “What is the thing that annoys you most when we talk about back pain?”

How do CRPS and other chronic pain conditions affect bodily functions, sensations, and mood? Help CRPS researcher Janet Bultitude find out by responding to her survey.

Listen to Lorimer Moseley talk to Karim Khan on new understanding of pain and focusing on the patient.

Watch this public evening at UQ’s Institute for Molecular Biosciences. Some inconsistently with labelling but some awesome science too!

The Body in Mind Research Group is based at The Sansom Institute for Health Research at the University of South Australia in Adelaide and Neuroscience Research Australia in Sydney. We have active collaborations with editors scattered around the world. Together we are seeking a better understanding of the interaction between the body, brain and mind in chronic and complex pain disorders.

We might be able to help you spread the word. Tell us in an email,

Who is the convenor?
Who is the contact person?
Where and when is it?
Is it non-profit, an association meeting or a commercial venture?
What is the objective?
Who are you wanting to attend?
Where can people go to find out more?

Then contact Heidi@bodyinmind.org

We often get people writing in about their particular conditions asking for more information and help. Unfortunately we get too many to be able to respond personally. We do not publish these comments for privacy reasons and we cannot offer treatment advice.

If you want more information on CRPS you might find what we know about CRPS helpful as well as these resources by the Royal College of Physicians. You can also read recent research published by the team and browse through our CRPS blog articles.
You might also find useful sites for CRPS patients helpful.