Leader News: Prescription Drugs
(Moonee Valley Leader, Wednesday, September 6, 2017 Story by Carmel Green) “We’re such a pill-popping nation – we’re taught to reach for the tablet and soldier [...]
September 9th, 2017
2:48 pm
July 27th, 2017
10:28 am
Yes, it is like taming a beast
You’ve all heard the impact Prof Lorimer Moseley made on my pain journey – well my diagnosis actually. If it weren’t for him I wonder how much longer I would have been [...]
April 1st, 2017
1:25 pm
Encouraging Self Management
(Written by me, the founder of PainTrain) That’s easier said than done. When I first had my accident in 2007 and literally landed in chronic pain, the last thing I expected to [...]
September 29th, 2016
1:28 pm
My interview with the ABC 7:30 report
(View the story online http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2016/s4547621.htm) Tune in tonight for my interview in regard to navigating practitioners with a chronic illness. On the ABC's 7:30 report (yes, on ABC at 7:30) Patient's have [...]
August 11th, 2015
10:35 am
Back on the treatment trail
So someone got talking to someone on a plane (you know how that story goes, your eyes begin to glaze over because you're in pain thinking 'if this friend tells me I need to meet someone and sustain a new friendship, I'm going to punch him' - but in the end, it works out that you wished you had sat next to that someone on the plane, and you meet that person and you wished you had met them a very long time ago (like eight years ago for me).
May 2nd, 2015
2:45 pm
This Train is Bound for… Wholeville: A Travel Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some of the important messages that we hope you have taken on board: Your brain can be a powerful tool to help you manage your pain experience. Like all of our life experiences, that of being in pain can be changed. You are not to blame for your persistent pain. You can experience pain without evidence of tissue damage and not experience pain when tissue damage has occurred. Drugs (or needles) alone are not the answer. The “third space” engagement gives you the best possible opportunity to better manage your pain. Consider embracing the whope model of care. Could this be your slogan? Know pain, know thyself!
March 25th, 2015
12:11 pm
Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia’s Melbourne launch
I was thrilled to be invited to The Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia (PPFA)'s Melbourne launch last night. I originally met Dr Susan Evans when I was invited to present my patient story at AIM Pain 2014. I had cyber met Dr Evans prior, asking if I could include her details on this website, in fact I've 'e-met' many pain professionals this way. I never dreamt that one day they may all be in the one room together, all of us advocating for pelvic pain and helping start up a National organisation that addresses pelvic pain for women AND MEN. Needless to say, last night I went on a magic carpet ride!
November 24th, 2014
2:54 pm
Robert J. Echenberg, MD
I don’t think I need to write an introduction for Dr Echenberg or Bridge for Pelvic Pain. The only explanation I feel I need to give is that I was drawn (pardon [...]
May 18th, 2014
10:05 pm
Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc
(excerpt from www.pudendalassociation.org) Who We Are The Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc. was established in 2013 as a non-profit organization in the state of Massachussetts. We provide educational services to pudendal neuralgia patients [...]
May 16th, 2014
9:06 pm
A new workers compensation programme in South Australia
I met Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson advocating an online forum for injured workers. She spoke in a way I'd never heard before, she spoke to me about support, empathy and trust, the ways an [...]