Pain Alliance Europe

21/10/2026

Today is the European Pain Awareness Day | 21 October 2026

Chronic pain is more than a health condition. It affects people’s ability to work, participate in society and live fulfilling lives — with significant costs for individuals and society.

Today, we highlight the hidden cost of pain and the urgent need to make pain a priority in healthcare, research and public policy.

People living with chronic pain, healthcare professionals, policymakers, employers and the public all have a role to play. Together, we can improve understanding, promote early intervention and ensure that everyone that needs it receives the support and care they deserve.

Pain should not remain invisible anymore. Neither should the people living with it be.

European Pain Federation EFIC
Societal Impact of Pain - SIP

21/10/2026

European Network of Fibromyalgia Associations is organising the following webinar.
It draws attention to an issue that people living with chronic pain quite often discuss.
You can attend by registering in the link below 👇

📣 Join our next ENFA webinar!

How are nutrition and chronic pain connected to fibromyalgia?

On October 27 at 7:00 PM CEST, join us for “Fibromyalgia – Nutrition and Chronic Pain”, featuring two guest speakers from Linköping University, Sweden:

🎙️ Anna Wahl, Dietitian at Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine, Linköping University Hospital.

🎙️ Bijar Ghafouri, Professor of Pain and Rehabilitation Medicine at Linköping University.

⚠️ Important update: Due to technical issues, we have had to move the webinar to Zoom. Registration is therefore required.

📝 Please complete the registration form to secure your place 👉https://forms.gle/AUDNcBBm2zGVCKbw5
The Zoom link will be sent to you by email after registration.

Thank you for your understanding. We look forward to seeing you online! 💛💙

10/10/2026

What a fantastic from Chronic Pain Ireland!

10/10/2026

Our member Associação de Doentes de Dor Crónica dos Açores celebrating 🌻🌻

🧠💚 10 de outubro | Dia Mundial da Saúde Mental

Viver com dor crónica não é apenas lidar com a dor física. É também enfrentar o cansaço emocional, a ansiedade, a frustração e, muitas vezes, a incompreensão de quem nos rodeia.

Há dores que não se veem, batalhas que se travam em silêncio e sorrisos que escondem dias muito difíceis.

Neste Dia Mundial da Saúde Mental, lembremo-nos de que cuidar da mente é tão importante como cuidar do corpo. Quem vive com dor crónica precisa de compreensão, empatia e apoio, não de julgamentos.

Porque a dor pode ser invisível, mas o sofrimento é real. 💚

10/10/2026

Celebrating our differences and our similarities!
Respect, tolerance, humility are basic ingredients of living together!

For World Mental Health Day 2026, GAMIAN-Europe is highlighting how lived experience can help shape more accessible, coordinated and...

07/09/2026

What if one conversation could help shape the future of pain care in Europe?

One day to go! Join us tomorrow for an engaging 90-minute interactive webinar where evidence meets experience - and discussion leads to action.

Together we will:
🌍 Explore new European patient insights
🗣️ Listen to patient voices
💡 Share multidisciplinary perspectives
📈 Identify priorities for improving mental health support
🗳️ Vote on the actions that could make the greatest difference
🤝 Build momentum for stronger European collaboration

Because improving pain care requires more than treatment. It requires listening. Learning. Working together.

Join the conversation.
📅 8 September | 16:00–17:30 CET
👉 Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOyOrd4JTB6-FZrZvhf90w

04/09/2026

What do people living with chronic pain across Europe tell us about their daily lives?

Soon we'll share the results of a new European patient survey exploring the relationship between chronic pain, mental health and self-management.

Join our interactive webinar to:
📊 Explore the latest patient experiences
🧠 Understand why mental health is inseparable from pain care
💬 Hear perspectives from patients, clinicians and advocacy leaders
🤝 Exchange practical ideas that can improve pain care today
🚀 Help identify priorities for future European advocacy work

Evidence creates knowledge. Dialogue creates understanding. Collaboration creates change.

Be part of the conversation!

📅 8 September | 16:00–17:30 CET
👉 Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOyOrd4JTB6-FZrZvhf90w

28/08/2026

Can we improve pain care without addressing mental health?

People living with chronic pain consistently tell us that psychological wellbeing, self-management and coordinated care are just as important as symptom control.

Join healthcare professionals, patient representatives and advocacy experts for an interactive European discussion on:
✅ What patients say they need most
✅ What already works in clinical practice
✅ What healthcare systems could implement tomorrow
✅ How multidisciplinary collaboration can improve outcomes

This session is designed to encourage practical discussion—not just presentations.
Your experience matters. Your perspective matters. Your participation can help shape better pain care across Europe.

📅 8 September | 16:00–17:30 CET
👉 Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOyOrd4JTB6-FZrZvhf90w

21/08/2026

No one understands chronic pain better than the people living with it every day.
Across Europe, people with chronic pain have shared their experiences, challenges and priorities through a new patient survey. Their voices reveal not only the burden of pain, but also the impact on mental health, daily life and wellbeing.

Now it's time to listen!

Join Pain Alliance Europe for the interactive webinar:
🎯 More Than Pain: Mental Health, Self-Management and the Patient Experience in Europe

Together we will:
💙 Hear directly what matters most to people living with chronic pain.
🧠 Explore the connection between pain and mental health.
🤝 Discuss practical solutions to strengthen self-management.
🌍 Identify priorities for improving pain care across Europe.

Because every patient's voice can help shape better care.
📅 8 September | 16:00–17:30 CET
👉 Register now: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FOyOrd4JTB6-FZrZvhf90w

24/07/2026

1 in 4 people with missed over 2 weeks of social life this year. 97% report mental health struggles. And 39% say their doctor never even asks.
Our new "Chronic Pain, Mental Health and Self-Management Survey 2025" reveals just how big the gap really is. 1,220 people from 22 countries shared their story — the numbers are hard to ignore:
😖 84% live with pain every day, 81% say it clearly disrupts daily life
🧠 97% report a mental health complaint — 70% had none before their pain began
🏥 49% aren't working with any provider on managing their pain at all
Pain and mental health can't keep being treated as separate problems.
👉 See the full picture — visit pae-eu.eu to read the complete infographic and findings.

Survey conducted May–Nov 2025, with financial support from Grünenthal.

https://pae-eu.eu/the-pain-alliance-europe-chronic-pain-mental-health-and-self-management-survey-2025-infographic/

The Pain Alliance Europe “Chronic Pain, Mental Health and Self-Management Survey 2025” highlights the scale of unmet needs of people living with chronic pain* 1,220 participants from 22 (mainly European) countries providedRead More...