RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS A CRUCIAL PART OF THE ETHOS OF PAIN
Pain is actively involved in research and we partner with universities, societies and other professionalsin contributing to the body of scientific evidence and literature.
We have an in-house team of researchers and we present our projects at national and international conferences.
Pain is currently doing research on several topics and have partnered with professor Romy Parker of the University of Cape Town, professor Mongi Benjeddou of the University of the Western Cape and professor Ian Vlok of the University of Stellenbosch.
CONFERENCES AND CONGRESSES
CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA ANNUAL CONGRESS JOHANNESBURG 2023
SETTING UP A NETWORK OF INTERVENTIONAL INTERDISSIPLINARY PAIN MANAGEMENT CLINICS, A PARADIGM SHIFT IN A FRACTURED LANDSCAPE
DR ADRIAAN LIEBENBERG
PAINSA 2023 JOHANNESBURG
Presentation by PAIN TEAM MEMBERS:
RISK FACTOR-BASED PREDICTION OF FACET ARTHROPATHY AND IT’S IMPLICATION TOWARD BACK PAIN
Dr KEENAU PEARCE
GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY WORKSHOP (PRE-AND POST-OPERATIVE REHABILITATION TO IMPROVE SURGICAL OUTCOMES IN THE GERIATRIC PATIENT)
LINDA HIEMSTRA
POSTER PRESENTATION: REVIEW OF DIETARY MANAGEMENT FOR CHRONIC PAIN
TESSA HILLE
PAINSA 2022 CAPE TOWN
PRESENTATIONS BY PAIN TEAM MEMBERS:
THE VALUE OF MOVEMENT ADJUSTED THERAPIES (MAT)
AND THE MCKENZIE METHOD (MM) IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER BACK PAIN
NIKA BRAND
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SENSORY MODULATION DISORDER IN ADULTS AND THE PERCEPTION OF PAIN
LINDA HIEMSTRA
PAIN DON’T GO IT ALONE
LINDA HIEMSTRA
WALKING AS TREATMENT FOR BACK PAIN
DR ELZE-MARIE GREYLING
THE VALUE OF PATIENT PAIN NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE TREATMENT OF LOWER BACK PAIN
DR CARYN APRIL
VALUE OF WEB-
BASED INTERVENTIONS IN MANAGEMENT OF LOWER BACK PAIN (LBP)
DR CARYN APRIL
CHANGES TO SPINAL SURGERY INDICATIONS –
SOMETIMES THE FINEST CUT IS NO CUT
DR ADRIAAN LIEBENBERG
DIAGNOSING THE CAUSE OF BACK PAIN –
HOW DO SURGEONS KNOW WHAT AND WHEN TO OPERATE
DR ADRIAAN LIEBENBERG
IASP2022 WORLD CONGRESS ON PAIN
TORONTO, CANADA
PRESENTATIONS BY PAIN TEAM MEMBERS:
SPINAL SURGERY INDICATIONS - WHAT HAS CHANGED?
DR ADRIAAN LIEBENBERG
INTERDISCIPLINARY INTERVENTIONAL WORKSHOPS
Pain hosts workshops for doctors and therapists wishing to establish a private interdisciplinary pain management service with an interventional aspect.
It is designed to provide foundational knowledge on the key concepts of pain science and on the intervention of medical and rehabilitation interventions.
Our latest workshop was hosted at PAIN Panorama and the Sunskills lab at Tygerberg Medical Campus from 19 – 21 January 2023.
ONGOING & FUTURE RESEARCH
PROJECT TITLE: SPINAL PAIN ANODYNE CLINICAL OUTCOME DATABASE (SPACE DATABASE)
HREC REFERENCE: R043/2021
LEAD INVESTIGATOR: PROFESSOR ROMY PARKER
UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
PROJECT TITLE: GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES AND INDIVIDUALIZED INTERVENTION FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF SPINAL DISC DEGENERATION, DISEASE AND ITS ASSOCIATED PAIN
ETHICS REFERENCE: BM22/4/7
LEAD INVESTIGATOR: PROFESSOR MONGI BENJEDDOU
UNIVERSITY: UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE
