International Pain Foundation

Patient Leader

International Pain Foundation (iPain) is your Power of Pain headquarters. Our mission is to educate and support the chronic pain community around the world. iPain provides community based services that address needs of chronic pain patients with conditions such as RSD/CRPS, post cancer pain, fibromyalgia, diabetic neuropathy, lyme, lupus, and more. We fulfill our mission by: Promoting public and professional awareness of Neuropathy chronic pain conditions, Educating those afflicted with the painful neuro diseases, their families, friends and healthcare providers on the disabling pain it causes, Provide action-oriented public education and pain policy improvement. #iPainPOP #NERVEmber #iPain

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I nominate the POPF who is in its 8th year of service. They have an all volunteer staff. The POPF provides 4 areas of service. 1) Education; hosting FREE educational events for patients, caregivers & providers. 2) Awareness events for the public 3) Social events for patient to prevent isolation and 4) Cover access to care issues (peer mentors, etc)

The International Pain Foundation, the Power of Pain headquarters are creating Chronic Pain awareness campaigns that address the global health crisis of pain while shining a lght of hope and provide support and community for those that struggle to manage daily. The International Pain Foundation is always working for the Chronic Pain community. — Amanda

The International Pain Foundation is a grassroots organization that supports patients, educates the public through Awareness and Advocacy programs . The iPain community is active, engaged and dedicated. — Amanda

International Pain Foundation (iPain) uses its Instagram account to advocate for pain patients, caregivers, healthcare pros & public worldwide for proper & timely access to care for all. — Barby

@powerofpain knows it’s not easy to do amazing things in 140 characters but they excel at it. They use it to be creative easily digestible thoughts, share health stories, activate advocacy and get other into clinical trials. They host amazing & relevant chats & participate actively in others' chats, push out words of encouragement & support. — Barby

The iPain Foundation team is advocating to make daily living better for those who live in pain. They run online chats, webinars, are a non-profit organization doing many projects that takes their activism to new heights because of the assistance from one another. iPain projects increase access to proper and timely care for chronic pain patients. — Barby

iPain Foundation has become one united voice that is powerful and persuasive. We must come together in one motion to make a difference in the lives of those living among us with chronic pain. — Barby

iPain is a Patient Leaders who creates videos from music, mindfulness, webinars, etc. to connect with fellow patients and caregivers. They create how-to videos, describing their day- to-day lives, highlighting others and showcasing their advocacy works. Just watching you will feel connected to them & to their cause, because their videos are great! — Barby