12th Annual John D. Loeser Pain Conference: Managing Pain Without Pills and How to Do It
November 1 - 2, 2019
The Mountaineers
7700 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA
Chronic pain is a common condition affecting at least 50 million US adults, with proportionate burden in children. At least 100 million adults used prescription opioids and 13.4 million misused them or exhibited opioid use disorder. The most common reason reported for opioid misuse was seeking pain relief. National pain treatment guidelines and state-level rules recommend non-pharmacological treatment as first-line treatment that are often unavailable and/or inaccessible to primary care practices. Since nearly all of the care for chronic pain is delivered by primary care providers, this year’s conference will be directed toward primary care providers focusing on managing pain without pills.
Day one will be didactic evidence-based presentations with Q&A. Day two will offer smaller workshop skills training for many of the basic behavioral health techniques covered during day one plenaries.