Advocacy and Research

Health Professionals Gather for National Educational Retreat

Check out the press release from Amy’s venture, the Alliance for Pelvic Pain’s upcoming weekend retreat!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Alexandra Milspaw
April 22, 2013
institutefor[email protected]

www.allianceforpelvicpain.com

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS GATHER FOR NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RETREAT

Bethlehem, PA – On April 27-28, 2013 leading health practitioners from New York, NY and Bethlehem, PA will arrive at Historic Hotel Bethlehem to host the first educational retreat for female chronic pain patients in the country. Robert J. Echenberg, M.D. & Alexandra T. Milspaw, M.Ed., LPC, Deborah Coady, M.D., Amy Stein, M.P.T., and Nancy Fish, MSW formed the Alliance for Pelvic Pain and organized this weekend’s retreat, “Connecting the Dots of Your Experience,†which will offer educational seminars, interactive workshops, one-on-one attention and treatments by local health care practitioners, and more! Patients from 18 different states as well as Canada, and the United Kingdom will attend.

BETHLEHEM, PENNSYLVANIA

WHO: Patients, Health Practitioners from Bethlehem, PA & New York, NY
WHAT: Educational Retreat for Female Patients with Chronic Pelvic Pain
WHEN: April 27-28, 2013
WHERE: Hotel Bethlehem, 437 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018

This retreat is created for female chronic pelvic pain patients with complex symptoms involving one or more of the following: Interstitial Cystitis (IC), Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Vulvodynia, Vestibulitis, Lichen Sclerosis, Pudendal Neuralgia, Endometriosis, and other pelvic, genital, and sexual pain disorders.

Heading the organization of this retreat, Alexandra T. Milspaw, M.Ed., LPC states, “Our mission is to expand knowledge and care to the underserved population of female patients with chronic pelvic pain. We seek to create an atmosphere where patients can feel safe to be their authentic selves. We listen. We care. We believe. This will be a weekend filled with compassion for the self, and forgiveness for others who do not understand the plight of chronic pelvic pain.â€

Dr. Echenberg remarks, “My passion for integrated care in women’s health continues with the creation of this multidisciplinary regional approach to the clinical care, education, and research associated with pain in women. We hope that our retreat will contribute to ‘connecting the dots’ for individuals and the community at large.â€

Those interested in receiving information about the next scheduled retreat please contact Alexandra at [email protected]. Visit www.allianceforpelvicpain.com.

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