"Making the unknown known is the important thing."
—Georgia O'Keefe
What's New
Pain Care Bias on The Mighty

Join For Grace founder Cynthia Toussaint  on April 25th @ 1:30pm PT as she continues her Miracle Makers live stream series on The Mighty's Chronic Illness Facebook page. Interviewing inspiring women who are changing the chronic pain world for the better, this month Cynthia talks with Doing Harm author Maya Dusenbery who's alarming expose on the bias against women in pain care has opened eyes and ears. If you're a woman currently seeking answers in "health" care, this is a must-see survival guide. Join in with questions and comments...

Summit White Paper Recommendations

Our White Paper Committee has chosen recommendations to focus on at our August 14th Sacramento summit. The goal of this educational briefing is to spark legislation that will assist us in creating a California Pain Strategy. The recommendations are  to 1) Establish a Center for Pain Research and Treatment in the Department of Health, 2) Enhance Education Related to Pain for Medical Students and Post-Graduate Providers, 3) Establish Integrative Pain Care Centers of Excellence Across California,  and 4) Ensure Adequate Coverage by Third-Party Payers of Effective Pain Treatments.

For Grace Turns 17

Founding For Grace from a bed seventeen years ago today, we're proud to have raised worldwide awareness of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - and gone on to promote care and wellness for Women In Pain as well as the gender bias in diagnosis and pain management. We send our deepest gratitude to all of you, past and present, who have supported us over the years with your amazing gifts of time, talent, passion and care. Together, we continue to heal!

For Grace Adds Name to HHS Comments

For Grace has signed on in support of public comments submitted to US Health & Human Services regarding their Pain Management Task Force Draft Report which came out late 2018. The comments and recommendations were made by the Consumer Pain Advocacy Task Force, a consortium of 19 organizations whose mission is to implement the NIH's National Pain Strategy to help the 50 million people in the US impacted by persistent pain. The PMTF was formed to identify best pain management practices in response to the ongoing opioid crisis.

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