This is a very eyeopening event. I went last year, and I will be there this year too! -UA
EDUCATE YOURSELF ON LIVING WITH PAIN
Open to the Public/Free
September 8th, 2011
EVENT #1
WHAT: INvisible Project
WHERE: On display on the second floor of our State House, directly
across from the elevator.
WHAT: The goal of the INvisible Project is to create pain awareness
through photographs of pain survivors. Through visual images, the
INvisible Project shows the determination and strength of those living
with pain.
Time: 9AM – Noon
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EVENT #2
WHAT: Free Lectures on Management of Pain
Where: Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Ave., Providence, RI; Hurvitz Board
Room (turn right after entering main lobby, first conference room on
left)
Speakers:
Pradeep Chopra, MD; Asst. Prof. Brown Medical School and Director
of Pain Management Center, Pawtucket, RI – talking about the changes
in treating chronic pain
Wendy Berggren Foster and service dog Ålli; Ivoryton, CT; former
early childhood teacher now living for 19yrs with an unknown
neuromuscular disorder. Invisible Project subject and US Pain Advocate
Mike Healy; PT, DOMTP, CSN, CPT, MBA, and currently in Doctoral
program in PT; has lectured nationally and internationally – speaking
on the effectiveness of manual therapy and the reduction of chronic
pain.
Time: 3-5PM
REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED BY WHOLE FOODS
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QUESTIONS:
Contact:
Ellen and Stu smith; ellen.smith2@gmail.com; RI American and US Pain
Advocates 1- 401 – 474-0115; www.painfoundation.org;
uspainfoundation@gmail.com
This event is sponsored by US Pain Foundation
www.uspainfoundation.org. with collaboration with American Pain
Foundation