Complementary and Alternative Medicine SIG

Purpose

The APS Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) SIG will provide a venue that enables APS members to contribute and shape an ongoing discussion of CAM pain management practices and research within the APS core areas of research, education, treatment and advocacy. The aim of the APS CAM SIG is to develop a community of activity which emerges to forward the APS core areas of research, education, treatment and advocacy as they relate to CAM pain management practices.

Leadership

Cochair: Norman Kettner, DC, DACBR, FICC
Logan University

Cochair: Lucy Chen, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Save the Date

2019 Scientific Meeting
Milwaukee, WI
April 3-6

Additional Resources

IASP Clinical Updates: Integrative Pain Medicine

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Consumer Health Information

NCCAM Continuing Medical Education Lectures

APS Clinical Practice Guidelines

Low Back Pain: Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (Journal of Orthropaedic and Sports Physical Therapy)

Migraine Headaches in Children and Adolescents (Journal of Pediatric Health Care)

Osteoarthritis of the Hip and Knee (Osteoarthritis Cartilage)

Osteoarthritis of the Knee (The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)

Chronic Pain Management (Anesthesiology)

Diagnosis and Treatment of Low-Back Pain (Annals of Internal Medicine)

Management of the Acute Migraine Headache (American Family Physician)

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment for Low-Back Pain (Journal of the American Osteopathic Association)

Pain Management Task Force Final Report (Office of The Army Surgeon General)

Practice Parameter: Evidence-based Guidelines for Migraine Headache (Neurology)

NCCAM Division of Intramural Research Pain Seminar Series (Bethesda, MD)

NIH Pain Seminar Series

To join this SIG, contact the APS national office at list@americanpainsociety.org.