Real stories

27/03/2025

Vicky shares her story of living with tailbone pain and how she's helped her system feel safer

08/11/2024

Lee from Sheffield tells us how his experiences have had a huge impact on his pain.

17/04/2024

Sashira shares her experience of flipping her understanding, not only of pain, but stress too.

19/03/2024

Ian takes us on a journey through his experiences with healthcare professionals and his own learning

23/10/2023

Linda shares how a Flippin' Pain webinar inspired her to plan for a healthy and active retirement

28/04/2023

Kathleen shares how seeing a picture of her sister in the sea started a journey of courage

28/04/2023

Ivor tells us how a PMP helped him go from depending on a wheelchair to climbing mountains

28/04/2023

Petra learnt about the science behind pain and now she has some advice for healthcare professionals.

07/03/2023

Victoria tells us how mild neck pain after a car accident progressed into all-consuming pain

07/03/2023

Steph tells us how pain medication didn’t help her condition but thinking differently did.

08/02/2023

Ian tells us about how understanding pain changed his life.

16/12/2022

Sharon tells us how she copes with fibromyalgia and how it affects all aspects of her life.

26/08/2021

Tracey tells us how it was hard to trust healthcare advice after her pain was previously disbelieved

02/06/2021

Michelle tells us about her journey with pain - from resentment to understanding and empowerment.

11/05/2021

Chris, a former farm worker from Lincolnshire, tells us how a PMP has helped his recovery journey.

19/03/2021

Georgia tells us how she manages her pain alongside studying to become an Occupational Therapist.

19/11/2020

Laura, 31, has lived with persistent pain for 4 years and tells us how pain changed her life.

28/08/2020

Sharon tells us about how a Bob Marley song and a Pain Management Programme changed her life.

26/05/2020

Claire found that learning about her pain helped her to recover from it

26/05/2020

Tess uses breathing exercises as part of Laughter Yoga to help with her pain related to Lipoedema

26/05/2020

Learning about the different things that influence Tina's neuropathic pain has helped her manage it

22/05/2020

Pete feels he got stuck going round the healthcare system becoming what he calls a ‘Health Tourist’

21/05/2020

Ruth was fit and active at 28 when pain from a minor dance injury became persistent

21/05/2020

Kat still lives with pain, but she tells us how she no longer suffers and what it took to get there

21/05/2020

Fen from Lincoln, explains how understanding her pain helped her become a Pain Survivor

21/05/2020

Carolyn from Skegness lives with Spina Bifida and arthritis

30/04/2020

Brian had multiple surgeries and spinal injections