Here is a selection of leaflets, books, websites and organisations that you may find helpful in understanding and managing your pain problem.
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This is a concise guide to the best available advice for back pain. It is full of simple, easy to remember messages and can be ordered through the publisher's website for £1.25 plus P&P www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp »
The Pain Relief Foundation is a UK charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of chronic pain. Information booklets, written by the staff of the Pain Relief Foundation and endorsed by The Walton Centre Pain Team can be downloaded or ordered from the website: www.painrelieffoundation.org.uk »
Please also see the website section below as several organisations have their own patient information leaflets on their websites.
This is a well written, excellent all-round coverage of pain management methods, for patients and professionals. It costs £9.74 plus p&p from www.amazon.co.uk ».
This is another well written book on self help methods available from www.amazon.co.uk » for £6.49 plus p&pCoping Successfully with Pain by Neville Shone.v
This is a personal description of how his chronic pain developed, and his experiences of going to a pain management programme and using the methods to improve his life with pain. It is a paperback that can be ordered from a range of bookstores and online booksellers.
This is a listening version of pain management methods which is well explained and easy to follow. You can get it on CD or tape costing £4.50 including p&p available from www.chronicpain.org.uk » or directly from: Pain CD, P O Box 84, Blackburn BB2 7GH
This is a readable explanation of the complexities of pain by a world authority. This retailed at £14.99 and while it seems to be out of print, there are usually many copies available at www.amazon.co.uk »
This book explains the complexities of the pain system and what happens when pain goes on for longer than we expect. It was written for both clinicians and patients and is full of colourful illustrations to explain quite difficult concepts. It gives suggestions on how to put this knowledge towards managing pain problems. It can be ordered from the following website for £34.50 plus P&P www.physiouk.co.uk/HTML/products/explain%20pain.htm »
This book is a collection of amusing stories from the authors own experience to explain modern pain biology. At the end of each story, there is a section "so what has this got to do with pain?" in which the author uses the story as a metaphor for some aspect of pain biology. It can be ordered from the following website for £10.00 plus P&P www.physiouk.co.uk/HTML/products/painful%20yarns.htm »
Self help methods for managing pain. Published by Vermillion Press. It is recommended by the Pain Society.
Back Care is an independent national charity that helps people manage and prevent back pain. In addition to providing information via publications, they also provide a telephone helpline service and have local branches providing support. www.backcare.org.uk »
This website has lots of useful information about back pain and working/getting back to work with back pain.
The British Pain Society is the British Chapter of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). Founded in 1973, IASP is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to furthering research on pain and improving the care of patients with pain. IASP are the largest multidisciplinary international association in the field of pain. This website has a very useful 'patients' section with leaflets and information on pain clinics and pain management programmes.
In addition they have produced; Recommended guidelines for Pain Management Programmes for adults. You or your doctor may be considering a Pain Management Programme for you. The Pain Society have produced a document on what a good Pain Management Programme should consist of. You may find this helpful for explaining what it is about, and what you will be doing www.britishpainsociety.org/book_pmp_main.pdf »
This is a national organization of self-management courses giving people the confidence, skills and knowledge to manage their condition better and be more in control of their lives. It applies to people living with any long term health condition. www.expertpatients.co.uk/public/default.aspx »
The Chronic Pain Policy Coalition is a forum for patients, professionals and parliamentarians who operate at policy level to develop an improved strategy for the prevention, treatment and management of chronic pain and its associated conditions www.paincoalition.org.uk »
provides information and support for pain sufferers, those who care for them and about them. They offer free factsheets and leaflets to help you manage your pain, a Quarterly magazine, and a listening-ear helpline - the chance to talk to another pain sufferer. www.painconcern.org.uk »
Arthritis Care exists to support people with arthritis. They are the UK's largest organisation working with and for all people who have arthritis. They are a user-led organisation which means people with arthritis form their membership, are involved in all of their activities and direct what they do. They provide high quality information and support to empower people to take control of their arthritis, and campaign for change. www.arthritiscare.org.uk/Home »
You can use the following websites to find a private physiotherapist in your area;
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) is the professional, educational and trade union body for the UK's 47,000 chartered physiotherapists, physiotherapy students and assistants
This is a special interest group of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Members have a special interest in manual therapy (hands on therapy) and have undertaken further study in this field.
This is also a special interest group of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. The organisation was set up to bring together physiotherapists working in private practice.
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