ASM 2018 Sydney – E-Posters
Are you having trouble fitting in everything on offer at the APS NZPS 2018 conference? With over 100 posters included in the program we understand it can be difficult to view all submissions during...
View ArticleASM 2018 Sydney – Explore Sydney
We are thrilled to welcome you to Sydney, Australia for APS NZPS 2018! Sydney is Australia’s biggest, oldest, most cosmopolitan and exciting city. It has a style of its very own. Endowed with natural...
View ArticleLaunch of Pain in Residential Care Facilities: Management Strategies, 2nd...
It’s 13 years since the Australian Pain Society published the first (2005) edition of Pain in Residential Care Facilities – Management Strategies, a landmark document which shaped pain management in...
View ArticleHow did fibromyalgia ever become a brain disease? Disentangling conjecture...
By John Quintner and Milton Cohen Introduction In his seminal book “Propaganda (1928)” Edward Bernays [1891-1995] observed: “The conscious intelligent manipulation of the organized opinions and habits...
View Article2018 Combined Boards Breakfast
This year in Sydney we had four boards well represented for our Annual Combined Boards Breakfast. The Australian Pain Society (APS) Board and Office Bearers were delighted to host representatives from:...
View Article2018 Distinguished Member
At our Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney in April 2018 we inducted our latest Distinguished Member, Professor Michael Nicholas. Below is the biography of this esteemed Australian Pain Society member....
View ArticleWhen Fibromyalgia meets Craniosacral Therapy
By Dr John Quintner Fibromyalgia The current criteria for making the diagnosis of fibromyalgia are based upon the scoring obtained from two subjective measures, the Widespread Pain Index and the...
View ArticleVisceral Manipulation: The Rediscovery of Glénard’s Disease?
By Dr John Quintner What is visceral manipulation? Over the last three decades, French osteopath Jean-Pierre Barral has pioneered the practice of “visceral manipulation” as a distinct branch of...
View ArticlePost conference review of the combined Annual Scientific Meeting of the...
By Tim Austin, Local Organising Committee Convenor and APS Treasurer Well, what a tremendous Sydney Annual Scientific Meeting! The overwhelming vibe of the conference was positive. During the...
View ArticleDry Needling Becomes the New Homeopathy
By Dr John Quintner About homeopathy Samuel Hahnemann [1755-1843] was the originator of homeopathy, a system of medical treatment devised under the principle summed up by the phrase, “like is cured by...
View ArticleThe Transmutation of Fibromyalgia
By John Quintner (Physician in pain medicine and rheumatology) and Milton Cohen (Specialist pain medicine physician and rheumatologist) Fibromyalgia was officially recognised in 1990 when a Multicenter...
View ArticleFibromyalgia Meets the Gun Dry Needlers
By John Quintner (Physician in Pain Medicine and Rheumatology) In Aussie slang, the term “gun” was originally applied to the champions of the sheep shearing industry. But its origins have been traced...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Tor Wager
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Beth Darnall
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speaker: Prof Nanna Finnerup
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View ArticleASM 2019 Gold Coast – International Keynote Speakers
We are honoured to introduce the International Keynote Speakers for the 2019 Australian Pain Society 39th Annual Scientific Meeting, to be held at the Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre in...
View Article2019 Sunderland Lecture: Professor Tor Wager
Background: The Sir Sydney Sunderland Named Lecture is offered to an international guest speaker. The Sunderland Lecture was instituted at the 1987 meeting of the Australian Pain Society in recognition...
View Article2019 Tess Cramond Lecture: Dr Melissa Day
Background: The Professor Tess Cramond Named Lecture is offered to an Australian researcher in the early part of their career. The Lecture was first presented at the 2007 Australian Pain Society...
View Article2019 Bonica Lecture: Professor Glenn King
Background: The John Bonica Named Lecture is offered to an Australian guest speaker. The Bonica lecture has been a feature of the Australian Pain Society scientific meeting since 1984. John Bonica...
View ArticleAPS Pain in Childhood SIG update
By Arno Ebner, Paediatrician in Cairns, QLD Dear colleagues, After a long season of absence in my new role as the APS Pain in Childhood (PinC) Special Interest Group (SIG) communications officer I want...
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