Resources
The following list is full of trusted information and tools to help understand pain and options for recovery. The majority are free and open to everyone!
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Explain Pain
A beautifully presented book for people living with pain written by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley.
Pain science workbook
A workbook providing information about pain and what you can do to self-manage.
The mysterious science of pain
A TED talk explaining the ‘nail in boot’ story, created by Joshua Pate.
The Painful Truth
Monty Lyman is a doctor with experience of persistent pain himself. In this book he shares the science that helped him understand pain better.
The Body Keeps The Score
Bessel van der Kolk shares how our past experiences can shape our mental and physical health in the present.
Understanding pain in less than ten minutes
A Rethinking Pain animation explaining persistent pain.
Aches & Pains
Louis Gifford’s famous works are as accessible to laypeople as to clinicians.
Painful Yarns
A collection of metaphors and stories to help you understand and explain pain.
Flippin’ Pain Formula
Animations, podcasts, infographics, and quizzes that will help change the way you think about pain.
Why things hurt
Lorimer Moseley explores these questions, and position the pain that we feel as our body's way of protecting us from damaging tissues further.
If Only I’d Known…
A Flippin’ pain leaflet written by people living with pain for people living with pain, highlighting things they wish they’d known before.
Dr Deepak Ravindran
Dr Deepak’s YouTube channel explores a range of pain conditions, different symptoms, and explains the different techniques that can help.
Curable
Curable is an app that helps you connect the dots between what’s happening in your brain, in your body, and in your life, to get a full picture of what’s causing your symptoms and how to relieve them.
Curable has a monthly subscription fee: however you can try Curable for 6 weeks for free using our link. Please note: Flippin’ Pain will get a small affiliate payment if you use this link (so a great way to support us!).
Airing Pain
A podcast that brings together people in pain and top specialists to talk about the resources which can help, created by Pain Concern.
Flippin’ Pain webinars
All previous Flippin’ Pain webinars can be found on our ‘Watch Back’ page.