Marking National Pain Week
Over three million Australians are living with chronic pain every day.
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This is an often overwhelming condition that can have a negative impact on all aspects of a person’s life.
Mood, relationships, ability to work and general enjoyment of life can all be seriously impacted by chronic pain.
In a double blow, the experiences of people with chronic pain are often discounted or minimised simply because it can’t be seen by others.
This is what we call ‘the invisible challenge’.
In reality, chronic pain is arguably the fastest growing medical condition in Australia and it affects people of all age groups.
It’s a fact our Ambassador, Australian cricketing legend Michael Clarke, knows all too well.
He’s been living with chronic pain since he was just 17 years old, and is encouraging people to seek the help they need.
"Seeking help has changed my life and it has allowed me to achieve everything I have done through my career,” Michael Clarke said.
“It is all about learning as much as you can to manage the pain as effectively as you possibly can,"
Apart from the impact on individuals and families, chronic pain is also estimated to cost our economy at least $34 billion each year.
July 25 – 31 is designated National Pain Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness of the impact of chronic pain on the lives of Australians.
Our aim is to reduce the unnecessary suffering and isolation caused by chronic pain in our communities, and change the culture that surrounds people living with chronic pain.
We encourage your readers who experience chronic pain, or know someone who does, to visit the website www.nationalpainweek.org.au for information and resources.
As Michael Clarke says, learning to manage chronic pain can be life-changing.
Dr Coralie Wales
President
Chronic Pain Australia – National Pain Week 2016
Report Pauline Hanson word for word
Pauline Hanson has told her followers to stop believing what's written about her in newspapers because, she claims, many things published about her are misleading or untrue.
If the press needs any encouragement to start reporting whatever comes out of her mouth in future, here it is.
Please tell us every single thing she says, exactly as she says it.
That way, we'll know to follow her own instructions and regard it all as rubbish and lies.
G.T.W. AGNEW.
Coopers Plains
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