The American Society of Pain Educators (ASPE) launches today at 9 AM EST,the second of a three-part Webcast series: 'Is Your Persistent Chronic PainWeighing You Down?' at www.painawareness.org. This Webcast addresses theimportance of proper weight control in managing chronic pain.
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WHO:
-- Inspirational testimony from Olympic Gold Medalist and chronic painsufferer Nikki Stone.
-- Practical pain management tips from Dr. Warren A. Katz, ClinicalProfessor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine andAssociate of the Rothman Institute.
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WHY:
While maintaining a healthy weight is important for a number ofhealth-related reasons, it is particularly important for the more than 50million Americans who suffer with persistent chronic pain. The significancefor chronic pain sufferers to maintain a healthy diet and weight wasunderscored in the recent PRICARA(R) Chronic Pain Barometer online survey of500 American chronic pain sufferers 18 years or older:
-- 86 percent of respondents stated that healthy changes to their diethelped to manage their chronic pain.
-- Nearly half of chronic pain sufferers (approximately 46 percent)agreed controlling their weight helped them to manage their chronic pain.
The Webcast series was developed to addresses everyday concerns for thosewho suffer with persistent chronic pain on the topics of exercise, weightcontrol, and relationships, including intimacy. The first Webcast on exerciseis currently archived at www.painawareness.org.
Note: Funding for ASPE and Webcast series was provided by PRICARA(R),Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. All experts featured inthe Webcasts and Nikki Stone are paid consultants for PRICARA(R), Division ofOrtho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
More Information
For more information, please contact:Redza Ibrahim, The American Society of Pain Educators at (973) 679-4485, orSarah Bailey, Ruder Finn Public Relations at (212) 715-1619.
About Nikki Stone, Olympic Gold Medalist
Best known for being the first American to win a gold medal in invertedaerial skiing, Nikki Stone understands what it is like to be living withpersistent chronic pain, after experiencing a back injury from a skiingaccident. Months after the injury, Nikki's pain continued on a daily basisand made it difficult for her to perform once simple activities. Her doctordiagnosed her as having persistent chronic pain and worked with her to developa pain management plan. The plan that worked for Nikki included a prescriptionmedication, which helped manage her pain so that she could participate inphysical therapy to strengthen the muscles in her back. With the combinationof medication, physical therapy, doctor supervision and tireless motivation,Nikki was able to work her way back to competing and became the first Americanto win a gold medal in inverted aerial skiing. Today, Nikki hopes to motivateothers suffering with chronic pain to speak with their doctors to find aprogram to manage their pain.
About the Webcast Series
Over the coming months, each Webcast will be featured onwww.painawareness.org, commencing in July. This Webcast is meant foreducational purposes only, and every effort has been made to ensure that theinformation presented is accurate. Information presented in the Webcasts isnot intended to replace the care prescribed by a healthcare professional.
The opinions expressed in the Webcasts are those of the speakers,presenters and Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and may notnecessarily reflect the positions of the ASPE, or the Webhost. The appearanceof the ASPE name and logo in the Webcasts does not constitute an endorsementof any products, services or information mentioned. The ASPE does not implydiscrimination against other similar product
