APMA MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

TRAVEL SAVINGS FOR APMA MEMBERS WITH
UPLIFT TOURS AND TRAVEL

APMA is offering significant savings for members booking tours and travel with Uplift Tours and Travel. Uplift specialise in travel service for "Group Getaways, Individual Tours, Seniors' Travel and Volunteering Holidays." Get ready to be impressed. Receive 20% discount off the cost of travel insurance on all *'holiday packages' booked through Uplift Tours and Travel. Read more

APMA Membership Kit includes a Chronic Pain DVD, Pain Toolkit, Pain Toolkit calendar, and a range of informational leaflets on sleep, coping with flare-ups, pain diary and much more…;

• Wellbeing quarterly;
• 20% discount on all books in APMA Shop;
• FREE (initial) legal consultation service in relation to superannuation, insurance or employment matters;
• Access to the APMA library of books, journals and articles about pain conditions, pain management and resources with the latest information about pain issues;
• Your choice of volunteering activities to support your return to community living;
• Ability to feed into and provide feedback on National and State pain management strategies, policies and services;
• Enable your views about pharmaceutical, prosthesis and medical service improvements to be professionally lodged and fed in to the government assessment processes;
• Advice and assistance with workers' compensation, veteran compensation and Centrelink claims and issues;
• Voting rights for the APMA Committee of Management
• Apply to be an APMA representative on a range of advisory bodies.

PAIN SUPPORT GROUPS

Wellbeing newsletter

Keep informed about persistent pain, support, events and new medical breakthroughs with APMA's quarterly newsletter Wellbeing. In each issue read about:

• Pain condition/disease is explained
• Pain and Solutions
• Member Story – Personal anecdotes by members provides inspiration and positive ideas for managing chronic pain
• Stay connected – Write in and have your questions answered or connect with other people in your local area
• Pain Management Clinics – a different pain clinic is featured 
• Clinical trial information and/or medical breakthroughs in chronic pain management
• Walking Wounded – WW's amusing tales 

Autumn 2012 Vol 4 No 2

Summer 2012 Vol 4 No 1

Spring 2011 Vol 3 No 4

Winter 2011 Vol 3 No 3

Autumn 2011 Vol 3 No2

Summer 2011 Vol 3 No1

Spring 2010 Vol 2 No4

Winter 2010 Vol 2 No3

Autumn 2010 Vol 2 No2

Summer 2010 Vol 2 No1

For the very latest issue, as it becomes available, join APMA today.

Membership Discounts

• 10% off Kiva Spa and Bathhouse, Mullimbimby
• 20% discount on (recommended reading) books available through the APMA shop
• Travel discounts with Uplift Tours and Travel
• Free pain support groups