Research into the role of the brain in chronic pain
All those fabulous people who did Ride for Pain at your place! have completed their rides and those who could sent their photos and movies in. Click on the gallery pics and they get bigger. In no particular order here are.... The Norse Vikings - Norway httpv://youtu.be/w0656e_4FRAMore pics here and for you keenies click on the … [Read more...]
On what looks like a very fresh Danish weekend, some fearsome warriors put on their Ride for Pain jerseys and took on the elements. Watch the day unfold in the latest Danish entry for the Cannes short-film awards, in the 'Raising awareness of the world's most burdensome health issue' category. httpv://youtu.be/gYSV4Ai-zSg … [Read more...]
The Danes have made a good claim for the nation most interested in solving the problem of chronic pain! Led by their noble and energetic super-pain guy, Mr Morten Hogh, 20 righteous campaigners will slip into a very stylish Ride for Pain jersey and Get moving for chronic pain research, in UniSA's Ride for Pain at your place! I would have … [Read more...]
GET MOVING FOR CHRONIC PAIN RESEARCH! In conjunction with UniSA's Ride for Pain, and PainAdelaide 2013, we are giving YOU ALL the opportunity to GET INVOLVED. If you can’t make it to Adelaide in April, Ride for Pain anyway, by taking part in Ride for Pain at your place! Simply register here. It will cost you AUD$70. We will send you your … [Read more...]
It’s that time of year again. Up here on the top of the world in Australia, we are getting ready for a month of sand, surf, BBQ’s and belly laughs - the whole country goes on holidays for a few weeks. So, it is a great time to look back on 2012 and look forward to 2013. Here are some highlights and a brief peek into the looking glass for next … [Read more...]
Thanks to all of you who submitted designs for the logo for PainAdelaide. We will kick off the new initiative of pain researchers at Adelaide's three universities with the inaugural PainAdelaide meeting. We wanted the logo to reflect the three universities (Flinders, Adelaide and UniSA) and the idea that by working together we will promote quicker … [Read more...]
Adelaide is a Festival City - the Adelaide Festival of Arts and the Fringe Festival, though February & March, are internationally renowned as among the world's best; WOMADelaide - the World of Music, Arts & Dance - attracts 85,000 people in four days; the Comeout Festival is Australia's premier festival of contemporary art, performance and … [Read more...]
Always wanted to see a Keynote Speaker do something outrageous? Do you think Lorimer would look fetching in a school dress? Now you have the chance to see both these things - donate here now.So, how on earth did Lorimer find himself in this situation? Here is, as they say in marketing parlance, the 'back story'.Last week was Research … [Read more...]
At the recent World Congress on Pain, there were enough exhibition stands to keep even the most mischievous amused. One of the most mischievous is Sarah Haag. Here she gives an account of the first of her investigations.....On day 2 of the biannual IASP conference in Milan, I decided to try out the latest and greatest in headache management … [Read more...]
James Kerr on the Didge: James has finished up at BiM and is on his way to Germany. He has an extra trick in his bag for when the Euro are tight.....httpvh://youtu.be/druV_aEwBUo … [Read more...]
Adelaide’s recreational cyclists are being urged to help raise awareness about chronic pain by joining the University of South Australia’s Ride for Pain on Sunday April 29. The ride, which includes an option for cyclists to conquer the notoriously painful Corkscrew Road in the Adelaide Hills, is the brainchild of UniSA’s Professor of … [Read more...]
I made up the above title to highlight a small recurring problem in how media frequently portrays science: less than accurately! Especially in the headlines! Who would have thought that my headline actually spoke of a WW2 veteran who used crutches while taking part in a randomised controlled trial?Why am I writing this? The Telegraph! This … [Read more...]
WOO HOOOO! You can register for the most important cycling event of the year - UniSA's Ride for Pain. April 29th (the Sunday directly after the NOI2012 conference).There is something for everyone - a choice of the easy 35km on the flat, the 45km into the hills, or for the more serious - a 100km through the Adelaide Hills.Feast on some … [Read more...]
A little while ago I was fortunate enough to meet with a bunch of (mainly) Californians in a lovely Jacaranda-laden Campus of St Mary's College, LA. There was a competition, the prize of which was not insubstantial - about 300 bucks worth of free seminars. The contest? To write a limerick about the two days we had just spent doing 'Current … [Read more...]
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