Helpful tools for your pain toolbox
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)
Get the news
National Pain Report
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)
Pain Reframed
Restoring You (Chronic Pain Champions member)
The Knowledge Exchange (Chronic Pain Champions member - includes my interview)
Watch and follow (YouTube)
Breathe to Heal | Max Strom | TEDxCapeMay (18:32)
Chronic Pain - Is it All in Their Head? - Daniel J. Clauw M. D. (1:54:18)
Dr. Andrea Furlan (a helpful collection of pain-related educational and instructional videos)
Dr. Sletten Discussing Central Sensitization Syndrome (13:21)
Mindfulness Bell - A 5 Minute Mindfulness Meditation (5:24)
Pain Rehabilitation Center: Mayo Clinic Radio (9:44)
Passive Muscle Relaxation to Manage Anxiety and Stress (12:40)
Progressive Muscle Relaxation to Manage Anxiety and Stress (15:00)
Tai Chi Chih - Joy Through Movement (50:08)
The Hardest Pill to Swallow | Tracy Jackson | TEDxNashville (18:44)
Yoga For Chronic Pain | Yoga With Adriene (25:33)
Learn more about your condition
American Chronic Pain Association
American Migraine Foundation
American Sleep Association
American Tinnitus Association
Arthritis Life
International Association for the Study of Pain
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
National Fibromyalgia Association
Osteoarthritis/Arthritis Association
Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association
The Foundation for Peripheral Neuropathy
Tinnitus book for children (my free e-book)
Read these
Back in Control blog
Chronic Pain Champions blog (check out the archives)
Chronic Pain Won't Stop Me (my free e-book)
Restoring Venus blog (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Visit these pain education sites
Back in Control
Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center (University of Michigan)
Institute for Chronic Pain
Living Well With Pain
Retrain Pain
Tame the Beast
Download these free apps (links to App Store for more information)
BellyBio
Breath2Relax
Calm
Headspace
Mindfulness Bell
Get some help (interdisciplinary pain rehabilitation programs)
Cleveland Clinic Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program
John Hopkins Pain Treatment Center
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center (the program I attended)
Nebraska Medicine Chronic Pain Management Program
Stanford Pain Rehabilitation Program
Self-manage pain (coping tools)
50 ways to live well, despite pain
Mindfulness for Physical Pain
Pacing and goal-setting
Self-compassion
Tips for better sleep
Use mindfulness to cope with chronic pain
Chronic pain self-management: Pacing and goal setting
10 Things to Know About Anxiety
An easier way to set and achieve health goals
Use these templates
Medical summary template
Medicine list template
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)
Have some fun - get your dose of positivity and laughter
