The Los Angeles-based pain organization, For Grace, invites you to a uniquely empowering event for women in pain, their caregivers and the healthcare professionals who treat them.

It's the 4th Annual Women in Pain Conference: Gender Matters to be held on Friday, September 16, 2011 at the California Endowment's Center for Healthy Communities in downtown Los Angeles.

This year's theme, "Reframe Your Pain, Reclaim Your Life," will focus on self-management tools and the healing powers within ourselves while exploring alternative and complementary approaches such as mindfulness meditation, guided therapy, gentle yoga, exercise and diet. Also, the dark and positive sides of the pain experience will be examined to help understand how they impact wellness and life force.

Five CEUs will be available for Registered Nurses in attendance and the event will be open to all via a live worldwide webcast. FREE PASSES are now available for women in pain and caregiver attendees! For more information and to register, please visit http://www.forgrace.org/women/in/pain/C256/

Keynoters include Melanie Thernstrom, New York Times writer and the author of the NYT bestseller, The Pain Chronicles, and Dr. Beth Darnall, pain psychologist/researcher with the Oregon Health & Science University. Panelists and presenters include Dr. David Bresler, Founder of UCLA's Pain Control Unit, Dr. Marvin Belzer, Co-Director of UCLA's Mindfulness Awareness Research Center and Camille Dieterle, Director, USC Occupation Therapy Faculty Practice. IPPU's own Radene Marie Cook and Heather Grace are also speakers.

What: 4th Annual Women In Pain Conference: Gender Matters
Where: California Endowment's Center for Healthy Communities at 1000 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Date: Friday, September 16th, 2011
Time: 9:00 am to 3:30 pm