Helpful tools for your pain toolbox
Read these books/guides
Chronic Pain Won't Stop Me - Tom Bowen (my free e-book)
Living Well with Chronic Pain - U.S. Pain Foundation (free e-book)
Living well with pain - Ben Cormack (free e-book)
Mayo Clinic Guide to Fibromyalgia - Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief, Second Edition - Mayo Clinic
Nothing To Fear. Just A Noise In My Ear. - Tom Bowen (my free tinnitus e-book for children)
Pain Guide - University of Michigan Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (free digital guide)
Pain Management Guide Book - The Honest Physio (free e-book)
Pain Toolkit - Pete Moore
Restoring Venus : A Journey from Chronic Pain to Possibilities - Amy Eicher (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Stories of Hope: For those who want to learn to live well with pain - Amy Eicher (Chronic Pain Champions member)
The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens - Dr. Rachel Zoffness (Chronic Pain Champions Member)
The Explain Pain Handbook Protectometer - Dr. David Butler and Professor Lorimer Moseley
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief - DVD Course - Mayo Clinic
The Pain Management Workbook - Dr. Rachel Zoffness (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Self-manage pain (coping tools)
50 ways to live well, despite pain
Breathe to Heal | Max Strom | TEDxCapeMay (18:32)
Chronic pain self-management: Pacing and goal setting
Control what you can control
Headache Elimination Diet
Mindfulness Bell - A 5 Minute Mindfulness Meditation (5:24)
Mindfulness exercises
Mindfulness for Physical Pain
Neuroscience shows listening to music has kind of the same effect as meditation
Pacing and goal-setting
Passive Muscle Relaxation to Manage Anxiety and Stress (12:40)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation to Manage Anxiety and Stress (15:00)
Self-compassion
Tai Chi Chih - Joy Through Movement (50:08)
Tips for better sleep
Tools for recovery – Plan for Flare ups
Use mindfulness to cope with chronic pain
Yoga For Chronic Pain | Yoga With Adriene (25:33)
Download these apps (links to App Store for more information)
1step2life
Bellybio
Breath2Relax
Calm
Curable
Headspace
Mindfulness Bell
Get the news
National Pain Report (Has stopped publishing. Older content still available.)
Pain News Network
Practical Pain Management (I'm a patient advocate on the Practical Pain Management Editorial Board)
Relief: Pain Research News, Insights, and Ideas (IASP Pain Research Forum)
Science Daily Pain Control News
Stat
Hear the latest (podcasts)
Courage for Pain (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Pain Reframed
Restoring You (Chronic Pain Champions member)
The 15 Minute Pain Experience (Chronic Pain Champions member)
The Knowledge Exchange (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Watch and learn (YouTube)
Chronic Pain - Is it All in Their Head? - Dr. Daniel J. Clauw (1:54:18)
Current Approaches to Helping the Tinnitus Patient - Dr. Richard Tyler, UIHC (53:51)
Dr. Sletten Discussing Central Sensitization Syndrome (13:21)
Let's Talk About Pain - Dr. Andrea Furlan (a series of videos)
Pain Rehabilitation Center: Mayo Clinic Radio (9:44)
The Hardest Pill to Swallow | Tracy Jackson | TEDxNashville (18:44)
Unlocking the Medicine Box in Your Mind - Dr. Beth Darnall (37:42)
Learn from these
American Chronic Pain Association
American Migraine Foundation
American Sleep Association
American Tinnitus Association
Australian Pain Management Association
British Pain Society
National Fibromyalgia Association
Osteoarthritis/Arthritis Association
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy
U.S. Pain Foundation
US Association for the Study of Pain
Read these blogs
1step2life blog (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Back in Control blog (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Chronic Pain Champions blog (check out the archives and categories from the home page)
Chronic Warrior blog (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Healthskills blog (written primarily for healthcare professionals but great information)
Restoring Venus blog (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Visit these sites
Back in Control
Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (University of Michigan)
Flippin’ Pain
Institute for Chronic Pain
Pain Guide (University of Michigan)
Retrain Pain
Tame the Beast
Get some help (interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs)
In the U.S.
Cleveland Clinic Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program - Ohio
John Hopkins Pain Treatment Center - Maryland
Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program - Michigan
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center - Minnesota, Florida, Arizona (the program I attended)
Nebraska Medicine Chronic Pain Management Program - Nebraska
Stanford Pain Rehabilitation Program - California
Outside the U.S.
Albury Wodonga Health Chronic Pain Management Program - Australia
Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic - Canada
Guys and St Thomas' Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre - England
St George Chronic Pain Self Management Pain Service - England
Use these templates/forms
Medical summary template
Medicine list template
Pain concerns form
Connect with people
Attitude of Gratitude With Chronic Pain Facebook group
American Chronic Pain Association local support groups
Chronic Pain Champions – No Whining Allowed Facebook group (my group)
Exploring Pain: Research & Meaning Facebook group (geared more to clinicians and pain science but open to patients)
Journaling Through Pain Facebook group (Chronic Pain Champions member)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Pain Reframed Facebook group (geared more to clinicians and pain science but open to patients)
The Knowledge Exchange Facebook group (geared more to clinicians and pain science but open to patients - Chronic Pain Champions member)
Play to win
Chronic Pain Champion word search
(think how each word applies to your pain journey and how you can champion pain)
- Online version
- Print version
Chronic Pain Champion bingo
(mark boxes as you complete them each day or use a reminder of tools you can use to manage pain)
