Break free from the chronic pain cycle
It's easy to become trapped by chronic pain, which can also be called persistent pain.
It takes control of lives. Affecting moods, functional ability, participation in meaningful activities, and overall quality of life.
Unfortunately, resources are often limited, information can be contradictory, and treatments provide only partial short-term relief, if any.
But don't give up hope. While the chronic pain is real, it doesn't have to be your reality.
Chronic pain recovery isn't about waiting for the perfect treatment — it's about learning new ways to understand pain, accept it, respond to it, and reclaim the life that matters most.
Get in the know
I spent years living with chronic pain and chasing the next treatment before realizing I needed a different approach.
Chronic Pain Champions provides evidence-informed chronic pain education — empowering people living with pain, family members, healthcare professionals, and students to better understand and navigate all types of chronic pain, including:
Our mission is to help you better understand why pain can persist long after an injury or illness, reduce fear, and develop practical skills that support long-term well-being, using a modern biopsychosocial approach that recognizes pain as an experience shaped by biological, psychological, and social factors.
Through clear explanations of modern pain science, practical chronic pain self-management strategies, and insights grounded in both lived experience and research, you'll learn how to respond to pain with greater confidence rather than fear.
Whether you're beginning your journey or building on what you've already learned through pain rehabilitation or other treatments, you'll find trusted resources designed to help you improve function, build confidence, regain independence, and build a meaningful life
The path to recovery starts with you
Understand chronic pain.
Whether the pain began after an injury, surgery, or another medical condition, understanding how chronic pain works is often the first step toward reducing fear, improving function, and taking back your life. Learn why pain persists, why hurt doesn't always mean harm, and what modern pain science says.
Accept chronic pain.
It's often the struggle with chronic pain that is worse than the pain itself. Reduce the struggle by changing your relationship with pain — not by giving up.
Change your chronic pain experience.
Changing the experience involves changing the narrative and taking active responsibility for your healthcare. Discover practical strategies that help you regain function and improve quality of life.
It takes control of lives. Affecting moods, functional ability, participation in meaningful activities, and overall quality of life.
Unfortunately, resources are often limited, information can be contradictory, and treatments provide only partial short-term relief, if any.
But don't give up hope. While the chronic pain is real, it doesn't have to be your reality.
Chronic pain recovery isn't about waiting for the perfect treatment — it's about learning new ways to understand pain, accept it, respond to it, and reclaim the life that matters most.
Get in the know
I spent years living with chronic pain and chasing the next treatment before realizing I needed a different approach.
Chronic Pain Champions provides evidence-informed chronic pain education — empowering people living with pain, family members, healthcare professionals, and students to better understand and navigate all types of chronic pain, including:
- Back pain
- Neck pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Arthritis
- Nerve pain
- Migraines
- Chronic headaches
- Pelvic pain
Our mission is to help you better understand why pain can persist long after an injury or illness, reduce fear, and develop practical skills that support long-term well-being, using a modern biopsychosocial approach that recognizes pain as an experience shaped by biological, psychological, and social factors.
Through clear explanations of modern pain science, practical chronic pain self-management strategies, and insights grounded in both lived experience and research, you'll learn how to respond to pain with greater confidence rather than fear.
Whether you're beginning your journey or building on what you've already learned through pain rehabilitation or other treatments, you'll find trusted resources designed to help you improve function, build confidence, regain independence, and build a meaningful life
The path to recovery starts with you
Understand chronic pain.
Whether the pain began after an injury, surgery, or another medical condition, understanding how chronic pain works is often the first step toward reducing fear, improving function, and taking back your life. Learn why pain persists, why hurt doesn't always mean harm, and what modern pain science says.
Accept chronic pain.
It's often the struggle with chronic pain that is worse than the pain itself. Reduce the struggle by changing your relationship with pain — not by giving up.
Change your chronic pain experience.
Changing the experience involves changing the narrative and taking active responsibility for your healthcare. Discover practical strategies that help you regain function and improve quality of life.
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Why trust Chronic Pain Champions?
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A leading evidence-informed chronic pain education resource created by someone with lived experience.
Highlights
Read my books
Take my pain course This 5-hour video course explains pain and the importance of changing the pain narrative. Explore my published articles
Listen to my podcast interviews
✔ Read my tips for family and friends. ✔ Read my tips for providers. ✔ Find answers to frequently asked questions. ✔ Learn more about Tom Bowen and Chronic Pain Champions. |
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"Tom, I would like to thank you for putting together this group and for all the information you have written and made available to us. I have started reading some of the material and find it all so useful and practical. Definitely things I can do, and with time, I can expect positive results. I will not let pain take over my life. This group and your articles will ensure that happens.” — Group member ★★★★★
"It's a great place to share; it's served me so well in a year. I don't pursue doctors, physios, quack remedies, false promises, or drugs. It's all down to me now, and I'm doing very well. I've just climbed down a steep cliffside and gone back up it. Last year, I could barely walk up an incline on the pavement. What's changed with my mechanical and neuropathic pain? Nothing. It’s still the same. But my positive mental attitude means I'm not fixated on it anymore. All progress not by drugs, no surgery, no scans, no cost, no wishing for remedies. I am what I am, and I'm living normally, and pain is on the backseat; it will not stop me from doing the best I can." — Group member ★★★★★
"So much helpful advice. I will definitely be putting it into practice." — Group member ★★★★★
"Before I joined this group, in response to pain, I would limit activity or stop what I was doing, but now I continue with the activities within reason, of course, and feel so much better emotionally. I now have hope for the future because my world is opening up rather than becoming smaller." — Group member ★★★★★
"You explain chronic pain in words that I've been looking for for 30 years. Simple, laymen's terms that explain it perfectly." — Group member ★★★★★
"I wish I’d found this course at the start of my pain journey 10 years ago!" — Course participant ★★★★★
"Well explained. This is the kind of thought process that must not reach only patients but also more healthcare professionals." — Group member ★★★★★
"I initially found Tom Bowen through his group, “Chronic Pain Champions – No Whining,” which immediately caught my attention because it described me perfectly. I joined without expecting much beyond community support. What I did not expect was the depth and wealth of thoroughly researched knowledge Tom provides in his Chronic Pain Champions course. It is clear that Tom has truly earned this knowledge through his lived experience with chronic pain and his work at the Mayo Clinic Pain Clinic. He is exceptionally skilled at compiling complex pain science into information that is understandable, practical, and meaningful. For me, this knowledge has been empowering. It has helped me take ownership of my pain — my pain no longer owns me. That shift alone has been invaluable. Tom is also responsive and generous with his time, answering questions and engaging with participants in a way that feels genuine and supportive. I deeply appreciate that level of involvement." — Group member & course participant ★★★★★
"Thank you so much. I just wish I knew this stuff 20 years ago." — Group member ★★★★★
"A course written by a person with lived experience of chronic pain for people with chronic pain. You can't get much better than that! I have lived with chronic pain due to a neuromuscular condition for 15 years. I've taken numerous courses written by professionals, and as an allied health professional, I work with many chronic pain patients. I rank this course up there with the best. Tom has a unique ability to distill current pain science, years of lived experience, and pain community experience into a well-resourced, well-laid-out course. Thank you, Tom, for all your hard work and determination to share your knowledge." — Course participant & group member |
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