17 April 2018
Chronic pain is a huge problem affecting five million Australians each year[1], costing western societies about as much as diabetes and cancer combined[2].
The Pain Revolution Ride is an annual regional bike ride. Funds are raised to train local health professionals - ‘Pain Educators’ - in communities along the Sydney to Albury trail.
This network of trained professionals will then work directly in the community and support other doctors, physiotherapists and health professionals in education and treatment of persistent pain.
The inaugural Pain Revolution ride in 2017 was enormously successful, reaching over 350 healthcare professionals, 900 patients and 50 community leaders.
Image: Pain Revolution’s Professor Lorimer Moseley and AIA Australia’s Chief Group Insurance Officer Stephanie Phillips
[1] Pain Australia, Painful Facts, 2017
[2] The American Academy of Pain Medicine, Facts & Figures, 2017
