Resources
Find a pain psychologist
Find a pain rehabilitation program
Pain rehabilitation programs have been shown to be both efficacious and cost-effective. Please review and compare programs before attending - not all programs are the same. Interdisciplinary programs based on the biopsychosocial model with an emphasis on self-management are the gold standard. Learn more about interdisciplinary treatment, read my blog post, and read about my experience at the Mayo Clinic.
In the U.S.
Outside the U.S.
Australia
Check out these books/guides (some are free)
Get the news
Listen to these podcasts
Listen/read/watch my interviews
Read these blogs
Download these apps - many are free!
Visit these sites
Connect with people
Use these templates/forms
Play to win
- American Association of Pain Psychology - offers a search feature to connect with a pain psychologist
- Australian Psychological Society - offers a search feature to connect with a psychologist
- Psychology Today - offers a search feature to connect with a psychologist
- Society for Health Psychology/ American Psychological Association - offers a search feature to connect with a psychologist
Find a pain rehabilitation program
Pain rehabilitation programs have been shown to be both efficacious and cost-effective. Please review and compare programs before attending - not all programs are the same. Interdisciplinary programs based on the biopsychosocial model with an emphasis on self-management are the gold standard. Learn more about interdisciplinary treatment, read my blog post, and read about my experience at the Mayo Clinic.
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
- John Hopkins Pain Treatment Center - Maryland (interdisciplinary)
- Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program - Michigan (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- 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
- Mt Wilga Private Rehabilitation Hospital
- Painaustralia - includes a search directory programs and providers
- 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
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 Champions member)
- Chronic Pain Won't Stop Me: Tools to Make the Most of Life, Despite Chronic Pain - Tom Bowen (my free e-book)
- 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 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
- Pain News Network
- 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
- Airing Pain
- Back in Control (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- Compass Opioid Stewardship (produced for clinicians, but useful information for patients, too)
- Courage for Pain (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- Empowered Beyond Pain
- Explore Pain and the Mind Body Connection
- Feel Better. Live More.
- Joint Action
- Modern Pain Care
- Pain Reframed
- Radically Genuine Podcast
- The 15 Minute Pain Experience (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- The Knowledge Exchange (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- ZDOGG MD
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
- 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 Pain Chats (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- Healthskills blog (written primarily for clinicians, but useful information)
- Institute for Chronic Pain Coping with Pain Series
Download these apps - many are free!
- 1step2life (Chronic Pain Champions member)
- 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
- American Migraine Foundation
- American Sleep Association
- American Tinnitus 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
- My Live Well with Pain
- National Fibromyalgia Association
- Opioid Prescribing Engagement Network (University of Michigan)
- Oregon Pain Management Commission
- Osteoarthritis/Arthritis Association
- Pain Guide (University of Michigan)
- Painaustralia
- Retrain Pain
- Start Your Recovery
- Tame the Beast
- The Australian Pain Society
- The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy
- U.S. Pain Foundation
- US Association for the Study of Pain
Connect with people
- Adelaide Pain Support Network Facebook group (Adelaide, Australia)
- 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
- Opioid, Gabapentinoid, Antidepressant Tapering Support Group Facebook group
- Pain Reframed Facebook group (geared more to clinicians and pain science but open to patients)
- People in Pain Network local support groups (Canada)
- The Knowledge Exchange Facebook group (geared more to clinicians and pain science but open to patients - Chronic Pain Champions member)
Use these templates/forms
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
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