Chronic pain syndromes: advances in nutritional assessment, mechanism-based management and evidence-based analgesics

Event Description

Chronic pain is one of the most widespread health problems, with up to 43% of people in the UK reporting that they experience chronic pain, of which 10−14% report moderate to severely disabling chronic pain. Conditions in which pain itself has become the primary disease include generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain, low-back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic headache or migraine, generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain and abdominal pain.

The biology and pathophysiology of chronic pain is diverse and highly individual; however, there are important shared mechanisms across seemingly disparate clinical conditions that could help identify mechanism-based as opposed to symptom-based treatments, improving personalisation and outcomes.

This seminar is an update on the clinical management of chronic pain from a personalised functional perspective. Topics include nutritional assessment of drivers of chronic pain, nutritional neuropathies, mechanism-based management including immunological, mitochondrial, redox and genetic biomarkers as well as evidence-based nutritional analgesics, including clinical use and safety.

Learning objectives

• Review the pathophysiology of chronic primary pain from a personalised, mechanism-based perspective.
• Understand shared mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain, low-back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic headache, migraine, generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain and abdominal pain.
• Evaluate dietary and nutritional causes of chronic pain including nutritional neuropathies (excess or inadequate intake of specific nutrients).
• Identify biomarkers (including nutritional, immune, redox, mitochondrial, and genetic) that can aid personalisation.
• Update on clinical evidence for food-based and nutritional supplement interventions.
• Explore how interventions can be personalised to those most likely to respond.

All attendees will receive

• Identify biomarkers (including nutritional, immune, redox, mitochondrial, and genetic) that can aid personalisation.
• Update on clinical evidence for food-based and nutritional supplement interventions. Explore how interventions can be personalised to those most likely to respond. 
• 2-hours of CPD approved education
• Lecture notes
• Supplementary research papers
• Dinner and drinks
• Free sample products

Dates and Locations

 
Cork, Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, 16th September 2025
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Dublin, Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, 17th September 2025
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Exeter, Hotel Du Vin, 23rd September 2025
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Manchester, Malmaison, 25th September 2025
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London, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, 26th September 2025
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