PAIN RESOUCES

The American Pain Foundation maintains a quality web site with sections for advocacy, support and lobbying group, pain-information library; pain resources for military veterans, online chat room, and listing of research studies around the country.

American Chronic Pain Association maintains a site that has pain-management toolkits for professionals; consumer guide to options for managing pain, listing of support groups nationwide and an advocacy section that mobilizes support for passage legislation for pain related issues.

The National Pain Foundation provides information on pain-treatment options, interactive survey of pain symptoms, personal journal for tracking pain and links to online suppport groups.

The American Academy of Pain Medicine is a professional group that offers consumer information on pain medication, pain-measurement scales, and a directory of pain-medicine specialists.

The University of Michigan Center for Interventional Pain Medicine