Introduction
This page aims to provide you with useful information about managing chronic pain and contains a number of interviews where individuals describe their experiences of living with the condition.
Videos
This film Pain Mechanisms may help patients to learn about the individual experience of pain and appreciate that chronic pain is more complex and requires a different management approach.
This film Living well with pain features some of our patients talking about their experiences with pain and how they’ve found different ways to manage day-to-day life.
This film What I wish I’d known allows you to hear from some of our patients giving advice on what they wish they had known throughout their pain management experience.
This film Pain: Patient experience features one of our patients talking about his back pain; when it started, the impact it has on his life, how his mind-set changed, and tools he found useful in his pain journey.
External Links
NHS Inform
The following link is to NHS Inform (Scotland) which contains a brief overview of chronic pain and self-management advice:-
https://www.nhsinform.scot/illnesses-and-conditions/brain-nerves-and-spinal-cord/chronic-pain
British Pain Society
The following link is to the British Pain Society’s patient information area:-
Pain Concern
The following link is to the charity Pain Concern, which contains a range of resources related to living with pain:-