Chronic Pain Australia Launches Whitepaper Urging National Action To Make Chronic Pain A National Health Priority
To mark National Pain Week 2025, Chronic Pain Australia (CPA) launched its landmark White Paper, “Pain Takes a Nation: An Urgent Call for National Action on Chronic Pain,” at Australian Parliament House. Hosted by the bipartisan Parliamentary Friends of Pain group on Thursday 24 July, the launch underscores the urgent need for chronic pain to […]
Chronic Pain Australia Launches Urgent Call for National Action on Chronic Pain at Parliament House
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National Pain Report 2025: Delayed Diagnosis of Chronic Pain is Robbing Australians of Their Best Years
NEW DATA: NATIONAL PAIN REPORT 2025 DELAYED DIAGNOSIS OF CHRONIC PAIN IS ROBBING AUSTRALIANS OF THEIR BEST YEARS The 2025 National Pain Survey of nearly 5000 people living with chronic pain has found that millions of Australians living with chronic pain are being robbed of the best years of their lives, their well-being, and even […]
Organising Pain: How Kim Sullivan Helps Australians Navigate Complex Chronic Pain Journeys
With the arrival of the new year, it’s an opportunity for many of us to review and refine our chronic pain self-management strategies for the year ahead. Kim Sullivan, drawing from her own journey, has created a powerful resource to support others in navigating their pain management more effectively. If you’ve ever forgotten that one […]
The Chronic 33: Mark Brinker’s Guinness World Record Attempt to Support Australians Living with Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is INVISIBLE. It’s INVISIBLE and ISOLATING. Mark Brinker, 29, discovered this five years ago. He had finished college in America and lived and worked in San Francisco. He had the world at his feet, but a constant headache that he endured daily changed all this. He knew something wasn’t right and packed up […]
1 In 5 Children Living with Chronic Pain: Launch of Kids In Pain Week to Raise Awareness of Lack in Treatment and Support For Kids
1 in 5 children are living with chronic pain, the same proportion as the adult population, but diagnosis and treatment are delayed by a lack of pain services for children. Australia only has six paediatric pain clinics nationally. Because most clinics cap referrals at roughly 250 per year, the average wait time for a child […]
Exercise Right Week: Empowering Chronic Pain Management, Advocacy and Action with Accredited Exercise Physiologist Jessica Ebbersten
In celebration of Exercise Right Week, we are delighted to highlight the critical role that Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEPs) play in managing chronic pain. To bring this to life, we interviewed Jessica Ebbersten, an ESSA accredited exercise physiologist who not only excels in her professional role but also lives with chronic pain herself. Jessica shares […]
Chronic Pain Australia Urges National Inquiry and Bipartisan Support for Reform of Chronic Pain Sector
Chronic Pain Australia, representing the interests of 3.6 million Australians living with chronic pain, is deeply concerned by the findings presented in the recent investigative report by ABC Four Corners titled “Pain Factory.” The revelations regarding the harm inflicted on individuals seeking relief from chronic pain are alarming and demand urgent attention. The investigation has […]
Chronic Pain Australia and Australian Pain Management Association Merge to Form a Unified Voice for Chronic Pain Community
Chronic Pain Australia (CPA) and the Australian Pain Management Association (APMA) are pleased to announce their merger, marking a significant milestone in their shared mission to enhance support for individuals living with chronic pain. The newly unified organisation will continue under the name Chronic Pain Australia, preserving vital programs such as the National Pain Survey, […]
The latest research on novel treatments for chronic pain with Professor Maree Smith
While few new pain medicines have been developed in the past 30 years, promising novel treatments are currently in the works. We had the pleasure of chatting with Professor Maree Smith, a researcher at the University of Queensland who is involved in basic pain research and novel analgesic (painkiller) discovery. She shared with us about […]