Dr Tania Gardner and Dr Kirsty Duncan of the APA Pain national group present five discussion points about the social determinants and consequences of chronic pain and their implications for physiotherapy. 

The Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) has highlighted key messages from the 5 facts article featured in the July edition of InMotion and produced this infographic. 

Click on the image below to access a printable A3 file. 

About the authors

Dr Tania Gardner MACP is an APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist and a lecturer in physiotherapy at the University of Sydney. Tania is the chair of the New South Wales chapter of the APA Pain national group. 

Dr Kirsty Duncan APAM is a senior physiotherapist in the Pain Health Service at Palmerston Regional Hospital in Darwin. Kirsty is a member of the Pain group.

This infographic is a Physiotherapy Research Foundation (PRF) initiative supported by FlexEze – partner of the PRF.