AACIPM website includes a repository of resources that support the mission to advance access to equitable, whole person, multimodal, guideline-concordant integrative pain management.
More resources and publications will be coming soon. If you have suggestions about relevant resources that should be included, please contact Amy Goldstein.
The National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the union for professional football players in the NFL, has released its updated Pain Management Guide. The new guide, which has been in development for a number of years, covers a wide range of topics...
Intended for use by educators, healthcare professionals, students and administrators, and consumers of health care and policy advocates interested in a healthcare system that is collaborative, team-based, patient-centered and focused on disease prevention, health and...
One pagers on: Acupuncture Therapy for Acute Pain; Chiropractic & Osteopathic Move Therapies; Clinical Guidelines for Low Back Pain; Massage Therapy for Acute Surgical Pain; Massage Therapy for Chronic Pain; Massage Therapy in the Treatment & Management of...
One pager to help primary care clinicians and their patients with the Surgeon General's "Turn the Tide" campaign.
The Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper (2018). On January 1, 2018, the Joint Commission’s revised pain standard included nonpharmacologic options for pain as a scorable element of performance. In support of the Joint Commission’s decision the Consortium’s Pain...
The Academic Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper Update (2022). Review of 22 systematic reviews, 17 with meta-analyses of acupuncture in acute pain settings, and a review for acute pain in the intensive care unit. Determines that the majority of reviews found...
An example of integrative pain care from American Medical Association AACIPM thanks one of our many collaborators, International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), who introduced us to Inner Atlas, a unique method of facilitating whole person, multimodal pain care...
Both ‘exemplary’ pain programs focus on improving access to care in medically underserved communities and integrating with primary care The Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and Duke Orthopaedic Surgery are announcing the release of two exciting new studies on...
AACIPM is pleased to share that the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the Duke Department of Orthopaedic Surgery have released the second of four case studies emanating from their 2020-21 Roundtable on Integrated Pain Management. Their second case study...
New story in American Medical Association’s microsite, End the Epidemic People with acute and chronic pain, especially those who are underserved, face significant challenges accessing person-centered, multidisciplinary, comprehensive integrative pain management. This...
An interview with Joanna G. Katzman, MD, MSPH, Professor, UNM School of Medicine; Director, UNM Pain Center; Director, ECHO Institute, Pain, Substance Use and Public Health Programs Please provide a brief history and description of the University of New Mexico Pain...
Track frequency, duration, symptom, treatments, weather, triggers and more.
by Judy Forman Published in partnership with the International Association for the Study of Pain, A Nation in Pain offers a sweeping, deeply researched account of the chronic pain crisis, from neurobiology to public policy, and presents practical solutions that are...
Easy to use massage guide
An interview with Diane Flynn, MD, primary care physician at Madigan's Interdisciplinary Pain Management Center The Interdisciplinary Pain Management Centers (IPMC) at Madigan and at other Army Medical Centers were established in 2010 at the direction of the Army...
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) mission is to produce evidence to make health care safer, higher quality, more accessible, equitable, and affordable, and to work within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and with other partners to...
by Mara BuchbinderAlthough pain is a universal human experience, many view the pain of others as private, resistant to language, and, therefore, essentially unknowable. And, yet, despite the obvious limits to comprehending another make sense of puzzling symptoms and...
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Since 1980, the ACPA has offered peer support and education in pain management skills to people with pain, family and friends, and health care professionals.
Our mission is to mobilize a community for patient support and advocacy, as well as drive and support impactful research that translates into advances for patients with migraine and other disabling diseases that cause severe head pain.