National Pain Week is Australia’s annual awareness event for chronic pain which takes place in the last week of July and this year runs from 24-30 July.
National Pain Week 2023 aims to define what it means to be ‘strong’. For people with chronic pain, this can simply mean continuing to get up in the morning and go about a daily activity which for them may be exhausting.
National Pain Week 2023 will remind the community that connection is key to managing chronic pain.
People living with chronic pain will be encouraged to communicate with family and friends about their experiences to lighten the mental and physical load.
Chronic Pain Australia says if people living with chronic pain speak up and allow others to help carry the load, isolation will be reduced, and pain management will increase.
“National Pain Week 2023 will remind the community that connection is key to managing chronic pain.
“We will encourage people living with chronic pain to communicate with family and friends about their experiences to lighten the mental and physical load.
“If people living with chronic pain speak up and allow others to help carry the load, isolation will be reduced, and pain management will increase.”
