Help build the future of muscle pain medicine.
Your support helps FRAME expand clinical research, develop physician training, and establish muscle pain medicine as a recognized specialty.
Explore Funding OpportunitiesYour support helps FRAME expand clinical research, develop physician training, and establish muscle pain medicine as a recognized specialty.
Explore Funding Opportunitiesspent in the US on low-back and neck pain in 2016.2
The highest spending among conditions studied in 2016
Muscle makes up about 40% of body mass, the largest organ system in the body.3 FRAME aims to develop dedicated training in muscle pain examination and treatment through continuing medical education and clinical fellowships.
Explore opportunities to support clinical studies, physician education, and access to treatment.
Support pilot studies, patient access programs, and physician training, with flexible funding directed where it is most needed.
Fund five weeks of muscle-focused care for 3–5 people who could not otherwise afford treatment.
Create the first continuing medical education (CME) curriculum specifically focused on muscle pain. Develop a video curriculum teaching clinicians how to examine muscles as a potential source of pain and evaluate treatment options.
Support one medical student each year in muscle pain research and clinical training. A named scholarship fund would help the student develop skills in muscle pain examination and treatment.
Support a study documenting how chronic pain affects daily life. Interviews with patients and providers will inform tools to help people communicate the effects of pain to clinicians, caregivers, and family members.
Support a randomized trial comparing treatments for non-radiating low back pain. The study plans to enroll 30-60 patients and follow them for 18-24 months. It will compare treatment outcomes and contribute evidence to guide further research and care.
Support a dedicated fellowship in myofascial pain medicine at Weill Cornell. The program is fully designed, the team is in place, and funding is the remaining requirement for launch. Fellows will train in the mechanisms, examination, and treatment of muscle pain.
Fund clinical research crucial to understanding, diagnosing, and treating soft tissue-generated pain.
Develop fellowships and CME programs to train the next generation of specialists. Empower clinicians to diagnose and treat their patients' chronic soft tissue pain.
Support recognition of muscle pain in physician education, clinical guidelines, and standards of care.
Gifts support FRAME’s work in research, physician education, and patient advocacy. Our board consists entirely of volunteers, many with personal experience of soft tissue pain. We welcome a conversation about the studies and programs you would like to support.
For major gifts and partnership inquiries:
Email: info@frame.foundation
Phone: (646) 450-8710
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