One in 5 Australians lives with chronic pain and for many of them the pain is severely disabling, affecting all aspects of their lives. But with your help the Pain Problem no longer needs to be a life sentence.

BECOME A 'PAIN PAL' and join
the Friends of Pain Research

Membership is open to all people who care about finding new and improved ways of helping 3.24million Australians who live with chronic or persistent pain. For an annual donation of $70, we'll keep you updated with latest news about events, such as seminars, research breakthroughs, tours of our Labs and so on.

WIN A HYUNDAI i30 HATCHBACK WHILE SUPPORTING PAIN RESEARCH

Buy tickets in the 2023/24 Pain Foundation Raffle (managed by ASX Refinitiv Foundation) and win a new car, a MacBook Air laptop and 5 cases of premium Robert Oatley wines.

For more details, CLICK HERE

PAIN RESEARCHERS
AT KOLLING SYMPOSIUM

Come and hear two of our lead reseachers
Dr Ali Ghomalrezaei and Dr Karin Aubrey
Thursday, 23rd November 2023

CLICK HERE for more information

"UNDERSTANDING MIGRAINE"
ABC Conversations Hour

If you've ever had a migraine you know they are more than a bad headache. Some people throw up, some get blurred vision and struggle to speak properly and some are bedridden for days.

To hear the 53-minute discussion, CLICK HERE

"BACK PAIN:
The new science?"
ABC's The Drum Program

ABC Drum host, Julia Baird, interviews Nicki Hutley
about her chronic pain and management program.
Wednesday, 2nd August 2023

CLICK HERE for more information and to view the program

Announcing Winner of the 2023 Michael Cousins Portrait Award

At a function for friends and suppoprters of the Pain Foundation on 7th June at the S H Ervin Gallery's 'Salon Des Refusés' Exhibition, guests voted this portarit by KYLIE MELINDA SMITH. See her winning portrait left with Jane, Chris and Michele Cousins.

CLICK HERE to help support the Foundation in honour of our Founder and Patron

HELP THE WORK GO ON!

Have you considered making a bequest to Pain Foundation in your will?

Whether you choose to leave a set sum, a percentage of your Estate or an ongoing endowment, your memory will be honoured and you will receive a special place on our Page of Remembrance and Gratitude.

To find out more, CLICK HERE

conquering pain

Whether chronic pain is in the back, the jaw, the breast, a joint or elsewhere, and is a result of injury, disease, biology or surgery, all pain resides in the brain.

The Pain Foundation supports gifted and world-renowned doctors, scientists and clinicians in exploring and unravelling the science and management of pain. Applying that knowledge in practical ways frees sufferers from the debilitating and devastating experience of chronic pain and the associated depression and anxiety it can cause.

Conquering chronic pain sets sufferers, their families and our community free to live life to the fullest again. You can help this vital work.

Get Involved

Attend one of our events, sign up for the newsletter, watch a video, find out more about chronic pain

We need volunteers to help at our functions. hold a Pain Foundation event of your own, or join our Fundraising Committee

Volunteer

Support one of our key research projects, make a regular donation or a bequest. You will be helping to conquer pain

Donate

patient stories

Adding to physical and emotional experience of pain is the frustration of never feeling properly understood by doctors, family and friends. Here are some stories of people who have conquered their pain with the help of PMRI’s ADAPT course.