Resources

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 

Find a pain rehabilitation program
Pain rehabilitation programs are cost-effective. Please review and compare programs before attending, as not all programs are the same. Interdisciplinary programs grounded in the biopsychosocial model, with an emphasis on self-management, are the gold standard. Learn more.

In the U.S.

• Allina Health Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program - Minnesota
• Boston Children's Hospital Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center - Massachusetts
• Brooks Pain Rehabilitation Program - Florida
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles Inpatient Pain Rehabilitation Program - California  
• Cleveland Clinic Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program - Ohio 
• Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Functional Restoration Program - New Hampshire 
• Functional Restoration Program at Ochsner Baptist - New Orleans 
• Indiana University Health Pain Rehabilitation Program - Indiana
• Johns Hopkins Pain Treatment Center - Maryland 
• Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program ​- Michigan 
• Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center (adult and adolescent programs) - Minnesota, Florida, Arizona (the program I attended)
• MUSC Health Pain Rehabilitation Program - South Carolina 
• Nebraska Medicine Chronic Pain Management Program - Nebraska
• Rehabilitation Institute of Washington Structured Intensive Multidisciplinary Program - Washington
• Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Illinois 
• Stanford Pain Rehabilitation Program - California
• ​University of Toledo Pain Rehabilitation - Ohio
• VA Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program - Various locations (ask your local hospital)

Outside the U.S. 
Australia

• Albury Wodonga Health Chronic Pain Management Program 
• Cognitive Functional Therapy (not a formal program, but incorporates valuable components)
• Mt Wilga Private Rehabilitation Hospital
• Painaustralia - includes a search directory of programs and providers
• St. Vincent's Hospital

Canada

• Michael G. DeGroote Pain Clinic 
• Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute
• Transitional Pain Service

England

• Bath Centre for Pain Services
• Guys and St Thomas' Pain Management and Neuromodulation Centre 
• Manchester Pain Service​
• Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital UK Pain Management & Active Back Programmes
• St George Chronic Pain Self-Management Pain Service

New Zealand

• Practical Interdisciplinary Pelvic Pain Intervention​

Check out these books/guides (some are free)

• 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 Won't Stop Me: Tools to Make the Most of Life, Despite Chronic Pain - Tom Bowen (my free e-book)
• 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 
• The Anatomy of Pain: Understanding Your Body’s Signals: A Practical Guide to Pain Relief, Recovery, and Mind-Body Healing - Philippe Pouilloux PT 
• 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 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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Listen/read/watch my interviews 

• Book Plug - Chronic Pain Won't Stop Me​ (Part of Footsteps Festival 2021)
• Compass Opioid Stewardship - Learning to Champion Chronic Pain​ 
• Good Rx
• Modern Pain Care interview (Podcast episode with Dr. Mark Kargela about my experience)
• Pain Toolkit 
• The 15 Minute Pain Experience (The Chronic Pain Experience)
• The 15 Minute Pain Experience (Community for the win)
• The Knowledge Exchange

Read these blogs

• Back in Control blog
• Healthskills blog
• Institute for Chronic Pain Coping with Pain Series ​​

• Understand and overcome chronic pain 

Download these apps - many are free!

• 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

Connect with people 

• Adelaide Pain Support Network​ (Adelaide, Australia)
• Attitude of Gratitude With Chronic Pain 
• Chronic Pain Champions — Skills Builder (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 

Use these templates/forms

• Medical summary template
• ​Medicine list template
• Pain concerns form

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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