News Releases

SONORA, Calif., June 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Academy of Pain Management, now the Academy of Integrative Pain Management, invites all clinicians who care for people with pain to attend its 27th Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, this September 21 - 25.

"Given the national furor over opioid prescribing, this meeting provides a timely opportunity for practitioners to learn how to deliver effective, safe, and sane pain care as outlined by the NIH National Pain Strategy," says Academy executive director and national pain management leader Robert K Twillman, PhD.

Pain management is not a "one-size-fits-all" proposition but it is a "team sport" according to Twillman. The conference planners have built a program to advance the best and most current methods covering the full spectrum of pain treatment modalities, including best practices in Pain Medication Use, Dynamic Psychotherapy, Biopsychosocial Approaches, Massage Therapy, Guided Imagery, Yoga, Physical Therapy, Nutrition Therapy, Acupuncture and more. The most challenging painful conditions will be addressed from the multidisciplinary treatment perspective including Back Pain, Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome, Trauma and Pain, Myofascial Pain, Migraine, Comorbid CRPS and PTSD, Fibromyalgia, Cancer Pain, Orofacial Pain, Pediatric Pain, and Phantom Limb Pain.

In addition to the conference proper there are optional preconference workshops.

• Hands-on skill development: Osteopathic Approach for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain; and How to Treat and Diagnose Myofascial Pain
• Practice improvement: Evidence-Based Nutrition, Supplements, and Lifestyle Choices for Pain Patients; and Best Practices in Opioid Prescribing.
• There is also a two-day Curriculum Review Course that is a summary of essential content included in the test to receive the Advanced Credentialed Pain Practitioner designation.

This year, registrants can earn up to 56 hours of Continuing Education through meeting attendance—up to 21 hours on-site, with the remaining 35 available at no additional cost through the Academy's online, on-demand Pain Care Learning Center for one year following the meeting. Non-member registrants will also get a free trial membership to the Academy for 6 months, allowing them free access to all non- meeting CE offerings.

The meeting is being held at the beautiful, serene, and rejuvenating JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in the heart of Texas Hill Country.

For more information or to register, go to http://meeting.aapainmanage.org.

SOURCE Academy of Integrative Pain Management