Today is your last chance to register for the 2nd Annual Philly Bike Ride for Pain Relief.  I hope you’ll join me!

This 18-mile charity bike ride is less than 2 weeks away.  The Saturday, September 12 ride will benefit the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association, RSDSA.  RSDSA is a national organization working to end CRPS (also called RSD), a neurological pain condition.

If you or someone you know would like to ride:

Request a registration form here.  There is a $25 registration fee (payable to RSDSA).  Riders will receive a ride t-shirt, and will be entered in a contest for some great prizes.

You can also participate by sponsoring me as I ride.  A donation of any amount will be helpful.  I especially appreciate donations representing the miles I’ll ride, for example, $18 or $36…  even 18¢ or $180!

You can donate online here:  2nd Annual Philly Bike Ride for Pain Relief

If you’d prefer, you can donate directly at the RSDSA website and let me know in the comments how much you’ve donated in honor of the ride, so I can add it to the ride total.  (For my own patients who read this blog, you’re always welcome to donate directly to RSDSA or any other pain organization on your own, but I ask that you not donate at the First Giving link above.  It could be seen as a possible conflict of interest (:

Why ride or make a donation???

• to end CRPS
• to support a great national pain organization
• to support education about pain diseases
• to say thanks if you’ve been helped by How to Cope with Pain
• to ride in honor of a family member, friend or doctor
• to try for one of the great prizes for riders
• for many other great reasons

I hope you’ll join me in participating by riding or donating.  Thanks for your support!