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Take heart, it is not a hopeless situation!

Living with pain can be really challenging, as you know. The fact sheets in hte list on the left of this page have been developed through consultation with a brains trust which is predominantly people in pain who are successfully managing their pain. The videos below were developed to show various aspects of the pain experience and how people manage it.

It is important to remember that when you hear your doctor saying "I can't do anything more for you, you have to live with it", what he or she is really saying is that it is important to learn new strategies for managing pain. What most people who have lived with pain will tell you that over time, with strategies that are individual to them, pain becomes less intrusive, and eventually people find that they don't notice it so often. Over time people experience LESS flare ups, LESS distress.

Work through some of these fact sheets, and do some research. It is important to know AS MUCH AS YOU CAN about how pain works. What affects it both positively and negatively. Even just knowing about the pain can be significant in starting to manage it.

Another possiblity is to consider downloading CHRONICA if you have an iPhone. This is a great new tool that can track what affects your pain - medicines, activities, experiences, food, all will have an effect on your pain.

Good luck on your pain management journey. Please contact us if you need to discuss what is happening for you. We aim to be there for you.

Quick links to useful documents:

Omega 3 Foods

Meaningful activity and living with pain