PainSA and Pain, Mind and Movement 2015
Congress Program
Friday 22 May 2015: Pre-congress workshops
09:00-10:00
10:00-12:00
10:00-10:40
10:45-11:25
11:30-12:00
Registration
Pain, Mind and Movement Physical activity and chronic
PainSA
pain: state of the art
The 'nuts and bolts' of pain
Chair: Beverly Bolton (South Africa)
Chair: Dr J Smuts
The role of physical inactivity in chronic pain &
10:00-10:30
neuropathic pain Mari Lundberg (Sweden)
Headache
(Speaker TBC)
Physical activity patterns in cancer survivors, chronic
10:30-11:00
fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia: science meets practice Psychiatry of ‘normal people’: practice tips for pain
Mira Meeus (Belgium)
patients
(Speaker TBC)
Physical activity interventions for chronic pain: do the
11:00-11:30
effects outweigh the costs? Christine Lin (Australia)
LBP/fibromyalgia
(Speaker TBC)
11:30-12:00
Post-surgical pain
(Speaker TBC)
12:00-13:00
13:00-13:30
13:30-15:00
13:30-14:10
14:15-14:55
14:55-15:00
LUNCH
Walk and talk hosted by PMM
Join one of our presenters for a walk and take the opportunity to discuss pain in motion
PMM
The 'nuts and bolts' of pain
Assessing and evaluating physical activity in patients with
Chair: Dr Pauline du Plessis
pain
Chair: Mari Lundberg (Sweden)
Is there such a thing as objective measurement of physical
13:30-14:00
activity - in various countries
Pain in patients with Chronic fatigue
Maria Hagströmer (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden)
syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A sign of
central sensitization?
Prof Jo Nijs
Behavioural subgrouping of chronic pain patients: the role
14:00-14:30
of physical activity and its therapeutic implications
Pain treatment in casualty
Ivan Huijnen (The Netherlands)
(Speaker TBC)
Discussion with audience
15:00-15:30
15:30-17:00
15:30-16:10
16:10-17:00
14:30-15:00
Treating Pain in Children
Prof J Thomas (Red Cross Children’s Hospital) (TBC)
TEA
Pain, Mind and Movement
Non-pharmacological treatment strategies applied in
chronic pain Chair: Jo Nijs (Belgium)
What is acceptable psychological treatment for people
with musculoskeletal pain? When and how acceptancebased therapy is perceived as useful by patients
Tamar Pincus (UK)
Retraining the brain through intensive rehabilitative
treatment in paediatric pain
Laura Simons (U.S.A.)
The 'nuts and bolts' of pain
Chair: Dr Johan Smuts
Treating pain in the elderly
(Speaker TBC)
“Bad Science”
A/Prof Peter Kamermman
PainSA and Pain, Mind and Movement 2015
Congress Program
Saturday 23 May 2015
07:30-08:15
08:00-08:30
08:30-08:50
08:55-09:10
09:15-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-12:00
Breakfast Symposium: Reckitt Benkieser
Managing Tension Type Headaches
Registration
President's welcome
Opening
The Honourable Minister of Health
Plenary
Prof Dan Clauw
Current evidence on the mechanisms of chronic pain
Tea and Poster Viewing
Pain, Mind and Movement
PainSA
Neuropathic Pain
Pain in practice
Chair: Ivan Huijnen (Netherlands)
Chair:
10:30-11:00
"Graded Motor Imagery for CRPS"
Tory Madden (Australia)
Rational medication use
Speaker TBC
11:00-11:30
"Managing neuropathic pain in leprosy"
Artur Gosling (Brazil)
Painful sexual disorders
Speaker TBC
11:30-12:00
Conservative management of HIV/AIDS-related
neuropathy: where are we and where are we
heading?’
Romy Parker (South Africa)
Rheumatology
Speaker TBC
12:00-13:00
13:00-13:30
13:30-15:00
13:30-14:00
LUNCH
Walk and talk hosted by PMM
Join one of our presenters for a walk and take the opportunity to discuss pain in motion
Free Papers
PainSA
Pain in practice
Chair:
Chronic pain in general practice - why is it
so difficult to manage?
Dr Roy Donald
14:05-14:35
Fear, memory and pain
Dr Eugene Ahlers (psychiatrist) (TBC)
14:40-15:00
Physiology of Pain
Prof Duncan Mitchell (TBC)
15:00-15:30
15:30-16:30
15:30-16:00
16:05-16:30
16:30-18:00
Upper Limb US workshop
(maximum of 50 participants –
please sign up at registration)
10h30-12h30
TEA and Poster Viewing
Pain, Mind and Movement (PMM)
Communicate on moving with pain
Chair: Christine Lin (Australia)
Communications skills - What communication
skills do we need to motivate pain patients to do
things differently?
Beverly Bolton
Experiences of working with moving pain in a
rural setting
(TBC)
Or
Managing people with pain in a primary health
care setting – ensuring biopsychosocial care
(TBC)
IASP year against Neuropathic Pain
Chair: Prof Peter Kamerman
TBC
TBC
AGM
Election of New Councillors
Lower Limb US workshop
(maximum 50 participants –
please sign up at registration)
13h00-15h00
PainSA and Pain, Mind and Movement 2015
Congress Program
Sunday 24 May 2015
08:30-09:00
09:15-10:00
10:00-10:30
10:30-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-13:00
Registration
Plenary
Prof Jo Nijs
Whiplash Associated Disorders: in the cervical spine or in the brain?
TEA and Poster Viewing
Ethics lecture
"Access to pain management is a Human Right"
Dr Theresa Burgess
(Deputy Chair of UCT Faculty of Health Sciences, Research Ethics Committee)
Plenary
Prof Dan Clauw
Fibromyalgia management
Awarding of Prizes: Best Poster; Best Free Paper.
Closing of Congress