BRITISH PAIN SOCIETY ANNUAL SUMMER RETREAT 29th June - 2nd July 2025: "WOMEN AND PAIN"
Related articles and books:
- British Journal of Anaesthetics: women in pain medicine article. Read here
- Book 'Unwell Women' by Elinor Cleghorn
- Book 'This Won't Hurt' by Marieke Bigg
Rydal Hall
FEEDBACK from past editions:
“The welcome was genuine and the social time was a key part of the retreat - we ate, walked, talked, did Tai Chi and swam together - and the conversations between sessions were as valuable and illuminating as the scheduled sessions.”
“This was a meeting unlike any other I have been to and a memory I am still feeding off and learning from. What better way to nudge the brain into action than starting the day swimming with ducks and colleagues surrounded by hills?”
“As a physiotherapist, I felt included, respected and welcomed which doesn’t always happen at medical conferences. It was a wonderfully empowering experience to be in a room with people with a lived experience of persistent pain, medics and psychotherapists and others, sharing their experience, knowledge and wisdom generously and listening deeply to the perspective of others. I came back to practice feeling rejuvenated and ready to implement change.”
“Each speaker was inspiring, spoke from their heart and drew on their own lived experiences of working with people experiencing pain and/or their own pain experiences.”