FibroAction founder to speak at pain conference

FibroAction founder Lindsey Middlemiss will be speaking at the 'Brains, Pains & Gains' conference taking place on Thursday 9 July.

The one day conference on pain and pain management is being organised by the West Berkshire Neurological Alliance (WBNA), of which FibroAction is a member, and is for both the professional and the patient.

There are still places available, so if you would like to register, download a registration form and get it off to the WBNA as soon as possible.

The conference, which is the fourth one-day conference organised by the WBNA, looks set to be as good as the previous and highly acclaimed conferences, with an excellent venue and high calibre speakers lined up.

As well as Lindsey Middlemiss, who will be talking about the patient perspective on pain and pain management, speakers include Dr Katy Vincent from the Oxford Centre for the Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging or fMRI is used to show how the body responds to stimuli and has been used in research to show the hypersensitivity to pain that is characteristic of Fibro.

The conference will also cover the basic science of pain and the treatment of pain. Lunchtime workshops will cover Tai Chi Chuan, Hypnotherapy and Relaxation and Myofascial Release Techniques.

The conference is taking place at the Arlington Arts Centre, near Newbury, West Berkshire. This state of the art venue is easily accessed by rail or road, being close to Junction 13 of the M4, where it intersects with the A34. Minibus transport is available from Newbury station to the venue and back again in the evening.

The 'Brains, Pains & Gains' conference is currently supported by Greenham Common Trust, Berkshire West NHS Partnership Development Fund, the Mary Hare School, Publicity Projects (Newbury) Ltd, the BG Group Trust and the British Polio Fellowship Berkshire Branch.

The WBNA is currently carrying out a Pain Survey to determine the un-met needs of people living with pain in their area and the results will be presented at 'Brains, Pains & Gains'. This survey is only open to people living with pain who live or work in the Berkshire West NHS areas of West Berkshire, Reading & Wokingham districts. If you live or work in those areas and are living with pain, the anonymous survey is available here.

Click here for the conference programme and registration form.

For more information, see www.wbna.org.uk.