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Dr Susie Gronski – How One Artist Used Her Hurting Strings To Stitch Back Her Life

2019-08-04T14:53:57+10:00April 23, 2017|Blog|

She’s also the author of our newest blog post – How One Artist Used Her Hurting Strings To Stitch Back Her Life. Soula Mantalvanos has been dealing with pelvic pain for over nine years. She’s an aspiring creative living in Australia. An artist who battles Pudendal Neuralgia through her words & artwork. Soula’s a die hard advocate for persistent pelvic pain sufferers. She’s created an online communication tool called Pain Train to help those suffering from pelvic pain [...]

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Encouraging Self Management

2019-08-04T14:54:24+10:00April 1, 2017|Blog|

(Written by Soula Mantalvanos, Founder Pain Train) That’s easier said than done. When I first had my accident in 2007 and literally landed in chronic pain, the last thing I expected to hear at any appointment was that I had to manage and coordinate my own treatment. It was confusing when I was asked what treatment I thought would be best for me to try next – wasn’t the professional meant to guide me? But a decade later [...]

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Our founder’s story on Mamamia

2017-06-10T11:30:22+10:00February 20, 2017|Blog|

(Excerpt from Mamamia.com.au story by Caitlin Bishop) It’s time we talk about the addiction killing more Australians than heroin and ice combined. Soula Mantalvanos was 37 when she was sitting on a fit ball and it burst. She landed on concrete, hard. “It was a split second. It was bone to concrete and it felt that way. I was in shock and then thought ‘I can’t move, I can’t move’. Slowly, I turned over and crawled to the [...]

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PainTips.org

2017-06-10T11:31:39+10:00November 27, 2016|Blog|

Pain Train is ecstatic to be included on the paintips.org website in the news section. Thank you Pete! Pete Moore has made an astounding contribution to pain management. (Excerpt from www.paintips.org) Pete’s story is very typical of others. He got trapped in the medical model of care because of a back problem. In 1996 he attended a Pain Management Programme (PMP) called *INPUT at St Thomas’ Hospital in London. The PMP gave Pete the confidence, skills and tools to self-manage his back [...]

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Pain Australia newsletter – Get on Board the Pain Train

2016-12-06T08:14:44+11:00October 2, 2016|Blog|

(Article from the Pain Australia October 2016 newsletter) Soula Mantalvanos knows a lot about living with pain—and the frustrations of retelling her story to every new doctor and health professional. Hoping to make the journey easier, she developed {Pain}Train, an online platform where patients can record and store personal pain-related information, as well as upload reports and test results. Patients can then share their profile with medical practitioners prior to a consultation, and even check if it has [...]

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This Train is Bound For… Wholeville: A Travel Guide for the Perplexed

2019-08-04T14:54:37+10:00September 26, 2016|Blog, Research|

Conceived and written by John Quintner and Melanie Galbraith for Arthritis and Osteoporosis WA as our contribution to the Consumer Education Sub-group, WA Pain Health. So you have decided to board our train. We are pleased to offer you some advice along the way to help make your long journey more informative and understandable. Here is the route this train will take. […]

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