Chronic Pain
This is a summary of some online resources to help people dealing with chronic pain.
* The Pain Toolkit: Resources for patients (www.paintoolkit.org)
* Understanding Persistent Pain: How to turn down the volume on persistent pain (A PDF Download from KnowPain.co.uk)
* Flippin' Pain "a public health campaign with a clear goal: To change the way we think about, talk about and treat persistent pain"
* Managing Your Pain: a list of resources, compiled by The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists, designed to support you in taking action to ease your pain
Better Days Pain Support Problem: Join a Pain Support Programme in Belfast. "Supporting people to self-manage their pain and live better and happier lives".
* Tame The Beast: How you think about your pain can change the way it feels. Understanding pain is important because it changes the way that you respond to pain.
Pioneering approaches to Chronic Pain
* A Healthy Mind: The Psychology of Pain: An interview with Beth Darnall, PhD, an American Clinical Professor in a Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine and a pain psychologist. Her research investigates how to best treat and prevent chronic pain.
* Chronic Pain: A New Perspective | Georgie Oldfield | TEDxUniversityofManchester