Resources 

Read my books and/or take my pain course

• Chronic Pain Champions Starter Guide (a practical introduction to modern pain science and self-management - FREE)
• Book (an easy read that builds upon the principles of pain rehabilitation)
• Pain course (a combination of five hours of video content and downloadable resources that pair well with the book)
• Nothing To Fear. Just A Noise In My Ear. (my FREE e-book for children)

Explore my published articles

• How to Move Patients from Passive Management to Active Self-Management - published in MedCentral
• A Letter to Pain Providers: 10 Do and Don’t Tips from a Chronic Pain Patient - published in HealthCentral
• We Have a Chronic Pain Problem, Not a Prescription Opioid Problem - published in HealthCentral
• Are You Missing Two-Thirds of Your Potential Pain Treatment Plan? - published in HealthCentral
• Five things I wish I knew earlier in my journey with chronic pain - published in StatNews
• Hopping Off the Pain Merry-go-round - published in  Practical Pain Management
• My Time at the Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center - published in HealthCentral
• Stop Whining and More No-Nonsense Tips from a Chronic Pain Champion​​ - published in Practical Pain Management​
• 25 Tips to Get the Best Treatment - published in National Pain Report 
• Tinnitus: Part of a Larger Puzzle and Challenge - published by American Tinnitus Association
• ​Living With Chronic Pain: ‘Suffering Is a Choice, and I Choose Not to Suffer’ (GoodRx article about my experience)

​Listen to my podcast interviews

• Fighting Pain Made It Worse — Here's What Finally Worked (Podcast episode hosted by Mark Kargela, DPT)
• A Path to Peace with Chronic Pain (Part of a Peace Talks Radio episode about what people do to seek peace with chronic pain)
• Compass Opioid Stewardship interview - Learning to Champion Chronic Pain (Podcast episode hosted by Don Stader, MD, and Rachael Duncan, PharmD) 

Find a pain psychologist 
Offers search features to connect with a psychologist. 

• American Association of Pain Psychology​ 
• Australian Psychological Society 
• Psychology Today
• Society for Health Psychology/ American Psychological Association 

Discover formal pain rehabilitation
Find links to programs around the globe and learn more.​

Connect with people 

• Adelaide Pain Support Network​ (Adelaide, Australia)
• Attitude of Gratitude With Chronic Pain 
• Chronic Pain Champions — No Whining Allowed (my group)
• Exploring Pain: Research & Meaning 
• National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
• Opioid, Gabapentinoid, Antidepressant Tapering Support Group 
• Pain Toolkit group​
• People in Pain Network local support groups (Canada)
• Positivity with rsd-crps.org (Chronic Pain Champions member)

Explore these books/guides 

• 8 Steps to Conquer Chronic Pain: A Doctor's Guide to Lifelong Relief - Dr. Andrea Furlan
• Back in Control - Dr. David Hanscom (Chronic Pain Champions member)
• Chronic Pain Rehabilitation: Active pain management that helps you get back to the life you love - Evan Parks (Chronic Pain Champions member)​
• Hostage to Chronic Pain: Proven Strategies to Escape Pain & Reclaim Your Life - Philippe Pouilloux, PT  
• Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain -  JoAnne Dahl PhD (Author), Tobias Lundgren MS 
• Living Well with Chronic Pain - U.S. Pain Foundation (free e-book)
• Mayo Clinic Guide to Pain Relief, Second Edition - Mayo Clinic
• Navigating Pain - New Zealand Pain Society ​(free e-book)
• Pain Guide - University of Michigan Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (free digital guide)
• Pain Toolkit - Pete Moore 
• Tell Me Where It Hurts: The New Science of Pain and How to Heal - Dr. Rachel Zoffness (Chronic Pain Champions member)
• The Anatomy of Pain: Understanding Your Body’s Signals: A Practical Guide to Pain Relief, Recovery, and Mind-Body Healing - Philippe Pouilloux PT 
• The Explain Pain Handbook Protectometer - Dr. David Butler and Professor Lorimer Moseley
• The Pain-Free Mindset – 7 Steps to Taking Control & Overcoming Chronic Pain - Dr. Deepak Ravindran
• The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life - Dr. Dennis Turk & Dr. Frits Winter
• The Painful Truth: The new science of why we hurt and how we can heal - Dr. Monty Lyman
• The Pain Management Workbook - Dr. Rachel Zoffness (Chronic Pain Champions member)​
• Understand and overcome chronic pain - Richmond Stace (Chronic Pain Champions member)
• Unlearn Your Pain - Dr. Howard Schubiner

Get the news

• HealthCentral (I'm a patient advocate)
• MedCentral (I'm a pain advocate)
• Relief: Pain Research News, Insights, and Ideas (IASP Pain Research Forum)
• Science Daily Pain Control News
• Stat 

Listen to these podcasts

• Action on Pain
• ​Back in Control 
• Compass Opioid Stewardship​ 
• Empowered Beyond Pain 
• Explore Pain and the Mind Body Connection
• Feel Better. Live More.​
• Joint Action​
• Modern Pain Care
• ZDOGG MD

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Read these blogs

• Healthskills blog
• Institute for Chronic Pain Coping with Pain Series ​​

• Understand and overcome chronic pain (Chronic Pain Champions member)

Explore these apps 

• Aivo  (Free - Android/IOS)
• Bellybio (Free - IOS)
• Breath2Relax (Free - Android/IOS)
• Breathly (Free - Android/IOS)
• Calm 
• Curable
• Headspace
• iBreathe (Free- IOS)
• Mindfulness Bell (Free - Android/IOS)
• Mindshift CBT (Free - Android/IOS)
• My Health Story
• Smiling Mind (Free - Android/IOS)
• ​The Breathing App (Free - Android/IOS)
• UCLA Mindful App (Free - Android/IOS)

Visit these sites

• American Chronic Pain Association
• Australian Pain Management Association
• Back in Control
• ​British Pain Society 
• Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (University of Michigan)
• Chronic Pain Ireland
• Compass Opioid Stewardship Program 
• Evolve Pain Care Academy (for clinicians and people living with pain)
• Flippin’ Pain
• Institute for Chronic Pain 
• International Association on the Study of Pain
• Live Well with Pain​
• Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (University of Michigan)
• Oregon Pain Management Commission​
• Pain Guide (University of Michigan)
• Painaustralia
• People in Pain
• Retrain Pain
• Start Your Recovery
• Tame the Beast
• The Australian Pain Society
• U.S. Pain Foundation
• U.S. Association for the Study of Pain

Use these Chronic Pain Champion templates

• Medical summary template
• ​Medicine list template​

Play to win

• Chronic Pain Champion word search (think about 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 the tools you can use to manage pain)​

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