My Treatment
Using Complementary Therapy to Relieve Pain
This month's feature article offers information about some of the many forms of complementary medicine, tips on choosing the right practitioner, and a listing of web site resources that deal with complementary and alternative medicine. Read about how you can integrate complementary therapies into your treatment plan.

Fibromyalgia
The National Pain Foundation is proud to unveil its new disease area on fibromyalgia, complied by Content Editor Jeffrey Thompson, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic, and a team of knowledgeable experts, in the My Treatment section of the web site. Like the other disease areas in My Treatment, Fibromyalgia offers extensive, peer-reviewed information about this syndrome. Please visit My Treatment to learn about this syndrome and the treatment options available to you.

Exercise—You Can't Achieve Salubrity (Enviable Health) Without!
Dr. Michael Loes imparts the reasons for the importance of moving your body and offers suggestions for getting started on the road to health in this month's Wellness Column. Click here to read more!

Enhancing the Healing Response with Massage and Acupuncture
Dr. Michael Loes conveys the benefits of massage and acupuncture in healing your body. Click here to read more!

Explaining Pelvic Pain
Pelvic pain is an often misunderstood and underreported condition affecting millions of women. Read an interview that appears on ABCNews.com to learn more about this pain disorder. Dr. Rollin Gallagher, The NPF Editor-in-Chief, offers insight on how treatment of pelvic pain is changing. Click here!

Using Self-Hypnosis to Relieve Pain
ABCNews.com offers an interview with a physician who helps patients deal with chronic pain by using self-hypnosis. Click here to read more!

My Support
Triumph Dinner Honors NPF Founders, Master of Ceremonies Chevy Chase
The National Pain Foundation made strides to increase awareness of the debilitating effects of chronic pain during its inaugural Triumph Dinner on May 17, 2003. Hosted by philanthropist Alfred E. Mann and emceed by actor, writer, and producer Chevy Chase, the Triumph Dinner raised funds to support the organization's mission. Click here to read more!

New RSD Pediatric Initiative Launched, 10 Telltale Signs of RSD/CRPS Card Available
The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association of America (RSDSA) has launched a new awareness campaign regarding pediatric RSD. The RSDSA also has developed a new two-sided, laminated card that lists the 10 telltale signs of RSD/CRPS on one side and a pain scale on the other. Visit www.rsds.org for more information on the awareness campaign and to obtain a card.