Tom Bowen

Pain advocate/author/strategist

Tom Bowen is a pain advocate, educator, author, and self-management pundit with 14 years of lived chronic pain experience. He shares what he has learned during his personal journey and his time at an interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation program to educate both patients and providers via a resource website, Facebook support group, and other media. He is a member of the Practical Pain Management Editorial Board and has numerous published articles. Before retiring, he worked in marketing and communications for a Fortune 500 company for more than 20 years. He lives in Des Moines, Iowa, with his wife. His free e-book, Chronic Pain WON’T Stop Me! Tools to Make the Most of Life, Despite the Chronic Pain, was self-published in December 2019 and is available on his website.