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Calling all men with chronic pelvic pain/chronic prostatitis (for any reason, with or without prostate removal) to participate in a study by a team from NUI Galway.
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Press Release 14 May 2021
Chronic Pain Ireland winner of the Irish Enterprise Awards for Best Chronic Pain Management Advisory Service 2021 organised by EU Business News.
While the last fourteen months has been extremely challenging, despite the many obstacles faced, Chronic Pain Ireland like many others adapted, ensuring the delivery of our support services to all living with chronic pain, their families and carers.
European scientific community publishes consensus recommendations on opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain
Mar 18, 2021
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PAIN COMPLETES COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON THE USE OF CANNABINOIDS TO TREAT PAIN AND FINDS THAT THERE IS A LACK OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO ENDORSE THE GENERAL USE OF CANNABINOIDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN
Chronic Pain Ireland's members signed up for this programme during January 2021. For those who were deemed eligible, they are now taking part in the MOVE (Mindfulness Online & Virtual Exercise for Chronic Pain). This is an online trial of a newly developed 8-week programme for people with chronic pain. It has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals at University College Dublin and the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital as part of ongoing research into the use of mindfulness and exercise in the management of chronic pain.