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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Pain and me
A video about acceptance and commitment therapy, a process aimed at reducing the ‘battle’ with pain and taking committed action to move towards your values.
We Are Undefeatable
A website supporting people with long term health conditions to find ways to be active that work for you.
The mysterious science of pain
A TED talk explaining the ‘nail in boot’ story, created by Joshua Pate.
Tanner Murtagh: Flare Ups
Tanner Murtagh is a Canadian therapist who makes videos on chronic pain and symptoms. In this video, he explores seven things you can do during a pain flare up.
Understanding pain in less than ten minutes
A Rethinking Pain animation explaining persistent pain.
NHS Fitness Studio
Expert-led videos across a range of categories, from aerobics exercise, strength and resistance, to pilates and yoga.
The Pain Toolkit
A free website run by Pete Moore, containing video tools around activity, goal setting and medications.
Rethinking Pain: Movement Matters
Rethinking Pain are developing a series of Movement Matters videos for people who live with long-term pain, to support them to move more in ways that feel safe.
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.
Dr Deepak Ravindran
Dr Deepak’s YouTube channel explores a range of pain conditions, different symptoms, and explains the different techniques that can help.
Flippin’ Pain webinars
All previous Flippin’ Pain webinars can be found on our ‘Watch Back’ page.
Brainman stops his opioids
Brainman is back for a video less than 2 minutes long that explains why opioids are no longer recommended for persistent pain. Talk about value per second!