THANK YOU to all speakers, attendees, exhibitors, sponsors and organisers who made
#efic2022
such a wonderful experience. See you in Budapest for
#EFIC2023
!
Patients can experience amazing reductions in pain simply by understanding how pain actually works and how their body and brain can be changed, says physiotherapist and pain scientist Professor Lorimer Moseley.
Read the full press release here:
Amazing news:
#EFIC2019
is heading towards 3.600 attendees! This makes Pain in Europe XI an even more exciting opportunity to meet the most recognized experts in the field of pain medicine. Thank you all for joining us in Valencia!
Thank you all SO MUCH for attending
#EFIC2023
and making the last 3 days such an amazing experience. We hope to see you all again - at
#EFIC2025
in Lyon, France 🇫🇷 ! Save the date: 🗓️
#EFIC2019
IS OVER! A million thanks to everyone who made this congress such a wonderful, inspiring and insightful experience. See you in 2021 - DUBLIN, here we come!
#EFIC2021
📢TO ALL PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC PAIN
At
#EFIC2019
we will have interviews with the plenary speakers where they summarise their talk to a patient audience.
Talks will be webstreamed on our Facebook Page. Check out the preliminary program here ->
Great milestone for pain research! The World Health Organization (WHO) has adopted the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) which includes a new classification system for chronic pain. More info here
We are giving healthcare professionals the
#paineducation
event they need: The Virtual Pain Education Summit presented by the European Pain Federation. Join us for the biggest online pain education event of the year. More details to be added soon!
#eficvirtualpainsummit
So happy our incredible
#EFIC2023
SPC Chair Esther Pogatzki-Zahn had time to stop by our booth at
#IASP2022
. Don’t forget - abstract submission starts next week!
Psychological treatments for chronic pain have helped many people around the world. This
#EJPain
article by
@lance_mccracken
suggests that future treatments for chronic pain ought to incorporate an idiographic, process-based approach. Read more here 👉
“It’s truly an honor”, says President Elect Brona Fullen. “My nomination sends a strong message that we as an organization are inclusive, multi-disciplinary and progressive.”
#EFIC2019
“I’m going to draw my Pain” is a powerful exhibition
about paediatric pain. We are proud to have this initiative showcased at our EFIC 2019 congress with roll up posters in the 2nd floor foyer. Check it out!
@IASPpain
#GYAP
2020 has been a challenging year, not least of all for education. To meet the needs of the pain community in 2020, we are organising our first Virtual Pain Education Summit on 6-8 November 2020.
#eficvirtualpainsummit
We are pleased to announce that
@lance_mccracken
will attend our
#EFIC2023
Congress as a Plenary Speaker, delivering insight into cognitive behavioural approaches and their benefits.
Shape our scientific programme & submit your abstract now 👉
🎥📚 With our
#EFICPain101
series, we want to share fundamental aspects of pain in a brief and concise manner. These videos by
@MaryOKeeffe007
are a great resource for everyone to understand some introductory information on pain. Find out more here:
Do you want to find out more about Cognitive Functional Therapy? Then join
@PeteOSullivanPT
,
@MaryOKeeffe007
, and Peter Kent from the Curtin University in Perth, Australia for a webinar and Q&A! Sign up here:
A massive THANK YOU to our SPC Chair Esther Pogatzki-Zahn who - with the help of an excellent Committee - put together an amazing and multi-disciplinary scientific programme on the theme of "Personalised Pain Management: The future is now".
#EFIC2023
European Year Against
#Pain
2020 fact sheets now available! The European Pain Federation EFIC® with the collaboration of the
@IASPpain
(IASP) provides factsheets covering the 2020’s theme: Prevention of Pain
More info here:
📣 We are delighted to announce that the
#eficvirtualpainsummit
programme can now be found online. Join us on 4-6 November for the biggest online pain education summit of 2021! Find out more here:
READY FOR
#EFIC2022
? Workshop submission will open in early March. Find out all about our congress topics, guidelines and sign up to be notified as soon as it's possible to submit your workshop. More here:
We are excited to tell you more about the amazing variety of sessions that will take place at
#EFIC2019
. Find out why you should attend Prof. Lorimer Moseley's session on EXPLAIN PAIN.
@bodyinmind
📣📖 We want to share fundamental aspects of pain in a brief and concise manner over the following weeks in our
#EFICPain101
series. These visuals and texts are also a great resource for clinicians who want to give their patients basic information on pain.
The biggest online pain education event of the year will take place on 4-6 November and we are excited to announce to you other internationally renowned speakers who will be present. Find out more about
#EFICVirtualPainSummit
:
@DrMcMurtry
@Karincannons
This meta-analysis showed that psychosocial effect sizes in non-specific low back pain (nsLBP) are greater than those for spinal imaging and nervous system biomarkers.
Read more about this
#EJPain
Editor's Choice article from March here:
European Pain Federation EFIC President
@bronafullen
and Chair of the
#EFIC2023
Scientific Programme Committee Esther Pogatzki-Zahn invite you to attend our next Congress in Budapest on 20-22 Sept 2023. More here:
Find out why you should attend
@MelanieNoel
's session on THE PAEDIATRIC PERIOD: DIAGNOSTIC UNCERTAINTY IN YOUTH WITH CHRONIC PAIN AND THEIR PARENTS at
#EFIC2019
.
View the
#EFIC2019
Scientific Programme here:
We are very happy to endorse the 2020 edition of Acute Pain Management: Scientific Evidence by
@ANZCA
and
@ANZCA_FPM
.
#APMSE5
is a must-read for anyone interested in acute pain management and pain medicine and available as a free download here:
Save the Date:
#EFICVirtualPainSummit
on 4-6 November 2021!
If you are a healthcare professional looking to expand your knowledge in the field of
#painmanagement
, join us for the biggest online pain education event of 2021! More here:
EFIC will be hosting a webinar on 10 March 2023 at 12:30pm CET on the impact of AI tools such as ChatGPT on the future of pain research. Register here 👉
ONE WEEK TO GO! Who will be joining us at
#EFIC2019
in Valencia and from where? Reply with the flag of your home country to let us know. See you very soon!
Cannabis-based medicines for chronic pain is one of the hot topics of the moment and also the focus of today's 12:45pm workshop at
#EFIC2019
.
Not in attendance this year? You can watch the session online via our livestream at
IMPORTANT UPDATE: All of today's sessions of the
#EFICVirtualPainSummit
are now available to view, including the recording of the Q&A! Feel free to catch up on what you missed during the day and let us know your thoughts.
A special message from European Pain Federation EFIC President
@bronafullen
inviting everyone to join us at
#EFIC2022
at
@TheCCD
in beautiful Dublin 🇮🇪 Register now!
We are excited to welcome members of the
#EFIC2023
SPC to our Brussels office today to discuss submitted workshops and build a multidisciplinary, diverse and engaging scientific Programme for Budapest.
¡Hola desde Valencia! Para EFIC es un placer participar el congreso de la Sociedad Española del Dolor, el cual, tiene lugar esta semana. No dudéis en preguntarle a Ángela sobre
#EFIC2023
y nuestras otras actividades. ¡La encontraréis en el stand de EFIC!
@Sedolor
#SEDValencia22
📣 The EFIC Education Platform is now LIVE! 📣 Watch the video and get a sneak peak of what the platform has to offer. Become an
#EFICAcademy
member today and get open access to the highest quality online pain education material!
What an insightful and inspiring
#IASP2022
congress - congratulations and thanks for having us,
@IASPpain
! It was wonderful to see so many familiar and new faces ❤️
Opioids play a complex role in chronic non-cancer pain treatment. In 2021 EFIC published new clinical recommendations for the use of opioids for CNCP. Read the full position paper here 👉
On
#WorldCancerDay
, we are proud to present a Position Paper on Cancer Pain outlining 10 standards aimed to improve cancer pain management and reduce variation in practice across Europe.
Thank you for attending
#EFIC2019
: 4 days filled with inspiring sessions, insightful discussions and networking opportunities. We are excited to share that we had over 3,400 participants from 90 different countries, making this the largest scientific meeting on pain in 2019!
Heard of the health benefits of turmeric? Here’s the trick: You need at least 1 gram per day AND you need to add black pepper to it to ensure that your gut can actually absorb it.
#EFIC2019
Translation of basic experimental research to novel treatments for
#pain
has been limited. Bringing together pain researchers from different disciplines, this EFIC position paper discusses the opportunities and challenges of translational pain research.
Will you be at
#EFIC2022
in Dublin? Download the Pain in Europe XII Congress App and create your own personalised schedule to use while at the congress. Available now for iOS: and Android:
Only two more weeks until our next webinar on Chronic Primary Pain! Join us for a discussion on its definition and new classification under ICD-11 as well as more information on the assessment and its management. Register here:
📣 The Health Literacy Working Group is delighted to announce the launch of 'The Journey'. A booklet that will prepare the person living with pain for the experiences they are likely to encounter! You can read the booklet here:
We're happy to announce that the e-poster archive of
#EFIC2019
is now online. Don't miss this opportunity to find out about the amazing research presented in Valencia.
The European Pain Forum met yesterday in Brussels to discuss cooperation between organisations representing
#medical
professionals and
#patients
in the field of
#pain
. ➡️
@pain_europe
,
The
@EFIC_org
team are at
@esno_web
congress with
@DrEmmaBriggs
to hear their views on specialist nurse education. Important for the development of pain nursing in Europe
💡How high is the costs of low back pain on society?
📄Our European Journal of Pain (EJP) recently published a study with the aim of determining which factors predict high societal costs in
#patients
with
#chronic
low back
#pain
!
@Wiley_Health
Read the results of this interesting EJP article on the evidence of systemic inflammation in
#musculoskeletalpain
conditions, including neck and back
#pain
. Find out more here:
EFIC is delighted to announce Esther Pogatzki-Zahn as the Chair of the Scientific Programme Committee for the
#EFIC2023
– Pain in Europe XIII in Budapest, Hungary. Find out more here:
MEET THE FACULTY: The
#EFICVirtualPainSummit
is only a few weeks away and the preliminary list of speakers including
@Karincannons
is now on our website. See who else will be speaking at the biggest online pain education event of 2021 here:
Did you know that the extent to which people experience
#pain
in
#Europe
strongly depends on their country of residence, gender and socioeconomic situation?
To learn more about these socioeconomic inequalities in pain, visit our
#EJP
here:
MEET THE FACULTY: The
#EFICVirtualPainSummit
is only a few weeks away and the preliminary list of speakers including
@MichaelRathleff
is now on our website. See who else will be speaking at the biggest online pain education event of 2021 here:
We are pleased to announce a NEW Pain School for 2023 💡
Learn about:
* Musculoskeletal pain
* Psychological aspects & communication
* Pharmacotherapy & non-pharmacological interventions
Apply now
👉
@GravenNielsen
@MH_DK
@HBVaegter
We are excited to tell you more about the amazing variety of sessions that will take place at
#EFIC2019
. Find out why you should attend
@ShellBoudreau
's session on THE FUTURE IS NOW: DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FROM ASSESSMENT TO TREATMENT.
Vittoria Carraro, Paul Cameron and Deirdre Ryan presented the preliminary results of the European Survey on National Pain Plans launched by the
#SIP
Partners earlier this year.
The final results will be available later this year. Stay tuned! 😊
Unable to attend
#EFIC2019
? Join our livestream to watch all plenary sessions! Click on the link below and register to our EFIC Education Platform. It only takes few seconds and it is free!
📣 Registration for
#EFIC2022
is NOW OPEN! 📣
🌍 Don't miss the opportunity of attending the most prestigious pain meeting in Europe. Our scientific programme includes in-person meetings, interactions and so much more!
🎟️ Register now here: