Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room D7-11 Pain invulnerability is an important consideration when examining the transition from acute to chronic pain. What differentiates the 90% of people who recover from an acute episode of low back pain from the 10% who don’t recover and develop…
Our first Pain Connections of the New Year will be held on Thursday March 6th at Napolitano’s Italian Restaurant (606 NW 75th Street/Tower Road, Gainesville). I look forward to seeing everyone to kick off our 12th year of Pain Connections!! As in the past the goal of our meeting continues…
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room D7-11 Peer review has historically been criticized for its inequities and failure to provide a rationale explanation for its failures. Over the years there have been numerous panels, commissions, and committees charged with coming up with a different system or…
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room D7-11 We have all heard the saying that “we are what we eat”. Well now we have a more specific version which goes something like “we feel how we eat”. This area of study as it relates to pain management…
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room D7-11 One of the staples in the battle to treat acute and chronic pain is the use of opiates. These drugs have a long history of success in the treatment of a variety of pain conditions. This is not…
Time: 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Location: Dental Sciences Building, Room D7-11 Over the past decade we have come to appreciate the sensation of pain as a complex sensory experience with multiple dimensions. During this time our knowledge about pain has exploded and it is safe to say that we know…
The December 5 meeting of Pain Connections will be held at Napolatano’s Italian Restaurant (606 NW 75th Street/Tower Road, Gainesville). At the December meeting the speaker will be Dr. Irene Estores who is the Medical Director of the UFHealth Integrative Medicine Program. Dr. Estores is a fellowship-trained Integrative Medicine physician,…
The University of Florida’s newly formed Pain Research and Intervention Center of Excellence (PRICE) is a multi-college center of excellence that serves as the professional home for UF scientists, clinicians and trainees dedicated to improved understanding and treatment of pain.
