Resources

Find a pain psychologist

American Association of Pain Psychology - offers a search feature to connect with a pain psychologist
Psychology Today - offers a search feature to connect with a psychologist

Find a pain rehabilitation program
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 and read about my experience at the Mayo Clinic.

In the U.S.

Brooks Pain Rehabilitation Program - Florida
Cleveland Clinic Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program - Ohio
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Functional Restoration Program - New Hampshire
Functional Restoration Program at Ochsner Baptist - New Orleans
John Hopkins Pain Treatment Center - Maryland (interdisciplinary)
Mary Free Bed Pain Rehabilitation Program - Michigan (Chronic Pain Champions member)
Mayo Clinic Pain Rehabilitation Center - Minnesota, Florida, Arizona (interdisciplinary) the program I attended - highly recommend!
MUSC Health Pain Rehabilitation Program - South Carolina
Nebraska Medicine Chronic Pain Management Program - Nebraska
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab - Illinois
Stanford Pain Rehabilitation Program - California
University of Toledo Pain Rehabilitation - Ohio

Outside the U.S.
Australia

Painaustralia - listing of pain therapies, programs, and resources
Albury Wodonga Health Chronic Pain Management Program
Mt Wilga Private Rehabilitation Hospital

Canada

England

New Zealand

Practical Interdisciplinary Pelvic Pain Intervention

Check out these books/guides (some are free)

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 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
Navigating Pain - New Zealand Pain Society (free e-book)
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-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)
Tinnitus book for children (my free e-book)
Understand and overcome chronic pain - Stace Richmond (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 Champion s member)
Compass Opioid Stewardship (produced for clinicians, but useful information for patients, too)
Courage for Pain (Chronic Pain Champion s member)
Empowered Beyond Pain
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)
Healthskills blog (written primarily for clinicians, but useful information)
Institute for Chronic Pain Coping with Pain Series

Understand and overcome chronic pain (Chronic Pain Champions member)

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

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)

Have a laugh (some of my favorite video clips)