September Newsletter 2011

September is Pain Awareness Month

Imagine a World with Less Pain

Watch this video on YouTube and share your own experiences.

Imagine a world where people with pain are believed. Imagine a world where people with pain are heard and shown respect and dignity. Imagine a world where pain is as important to manage or treat as any other disease. Imagine a World with Less Pain.

Imagine the possibilities — now is the time to rally together and speak out for the rights of the more than 116 million Americans who live with pain! You can help the American Pain Foundation make a difference today.

Speak out and tell President Obama what YOUR World with Less Pain would be like. Your submission will be used to secure a first-ever presidential proclamation, officially naming September National Pain Awareness Month.

Help the American Pain Foundation build awareness in three simple steps!

1. Attend our Facebook campaign event. Visit the “If I Lived in a World with Less Pain, I Could…” campaign event on Facebook and RSVP that you are attending.
   
2. Add your Voice! Upload your video, photo or written response describing what YOU could do If you lived in a world with less pain to the event page.
   
3. Spread the word. Encourage everyone you know to participate in the “If I Lived in a World with Less Pain, I Could…” campaign. How can you spread the word? It’s easy!

• Share the Facebook event on your wall during September and encourage others to support a presidential proclamation by participating in this campaign.
• Ask your Facebook friends to “Like” APF’s Facebook page.
• Send the link to this page to at least 10 family members, friends, co-workers and community contacts. Add a personal note, explaining why this is important to you.

Our collective voice will make a difference!
Source: www.painfoundation.org/get-involved

Join us for the next TCPC Community Talk on Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 7 p.m.

Fibromyalgia:  What Is It and How Can It Best Be Treated

Nurse Practitioner Nancy Cleveland has a growing practice treating patients with Fibromyalgia. In her evening Community Health Talk, Nancy will define this condition, review the causes, effects, tests used in diagnosis, and explain the best treatments. We may even share a few laughs.

The September Community Talk on Fibromyalgia will be held in the reception area at Twin Cities Pain Clinic. Meet the fibromyalgia specialist in minnesota!

7235 Ohms Lane, Edina, MN 55439

For more information, call 952-841-2345.

Directions and a map to our clinic are available online.

The History of Pain Awareness Month

Pain Awareness Month began as a pain awareness campaign established by the American Chronic Pain Association, or ACPA, in 2001. The goal of this campaign was to raise awareness for chronic pain conditions through mass media and forums and to erase stigma attached to the various disorders.

This early campaigning brought together the Partners for Understanding Pain, a group that aimed to bring chronic pain disorders to the attention of health care professionals, legisators, business professionals, and the community as a whole. Establishing September as Pain Awareness Month was one of their primary goals.

Since its formation in 2001, Partners for Understanding Pain has succeeded in raising community awareness for chronic pain and has lobbied for support from their local representatives on several important bills, including the National Pain Care Policy Act of 2005. Their community awareness efforts continue this year with Pain Awareness Month 2011.

For more information on chronic pain and physical therapy MN, visit our website.