2023 Donor Impact Report - Flipbook - Page 18
Our Giving Community
Going the distance
to reduce pain
With one in five Australians living with pain, it is likely that
someone you know is directly affected. A dedicated community
is helping improve the quality of life of those living with pain
through a people-powered movement called Pain Revolution,
led by Professor Lorimer Moseley AO, Chair in Physiotherapy.
In 2022, Pain Revolution asked participants
to ‘Go the Distance’; to walk, run or ride
throughout October as part of a virtual
challenge. More than $32,000 in was raised,
which will support people in pain, and their
practitioners, in rural and regional Australia
through our Pain Revolution initiatives.
“Our vision is that all Australians have the
knowledge, skills and support to prevent
and overcome persistent pain,” says
Prof Moseley.
“Research clearly shows that a better
understanding of pain and what to do about
it is both critical and seldom delivered.
Pain Revolution
challenge participants
Pushing
Perception Pain
Chair
Originating in 2017, Pain Revolution runs
a peer-to-peer fundraising program that
invites people from all over Australia to
participate in annual cycling events and call
upon their friends and family to sponsor their
participation.
“On behalf of the Pain Revolution team,
we are sincerely grateful for our generous
comrades in tackling pain. Funds received
go toward educating health professionals,
people in pain and the general public about
the latest pain science and practices.”
Pushing Perception at MOD.
Professor Moseley is a research contributor
for the MOD. exhibition, Pushing Perception.
The body and mind work together to make us
feel pain. Pushing Perception tests how when
visitors take a seat in our pain chair, through
3D modelling, listening to Ngangkari healers
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share their experiences with chronic pain in
the sound chair, and in our mirage machine.
Pushing Perception runs until November
2023 at MOD., a futuristic museum of
discovery located at the UniSA City
West Campus.
