What is Pain?
- Pain can be acute or persistent. The only difference is how long you have been in pain.
- Pain is always real.
- Pain is always about protection.
- The amount of pain we feel does not always match the amount of damage we have done.
- Sometimes we can have a lot of pain and very little damage, and sometimes we can have a lot of damage and very little pain. Learn more about this here
- Sometimes pain can last for a lot longer than expected. There are complicated reasons as to why this might happen.
- Pain is explained in this short YouTube video
We know that as time passes the "issue in the tissue” contributes much less to the overall pain experienced.
This website https://www.retrainpain.org/ explains this. You may find it helpful in managing persistent pain.
Learn how to remain active and live a healthy lifestyle, whilst keeping your pain under control.
The following links contain more great advice and information about managing pain. They will help you to learn about pain, and understand how to cope better.
Mindfulness is a technique used throughout the world to deal with the stress of everyday life. It can really help with pain. The following links contain more advice and information about mindfulness.
You may find this workbook a helpful tool in your pain journey. It may be helpful to work with this book with your clinician.
We often cope better after a good night’s sleep. Here is how to sleep well with pain.
Here is some useful information if you have fibromyalgia.
The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust have produced a handbook called "Living well with Fibromyalgia" which is available to download via their website here.
You can find more information on fibromyalgia on the versus arthritis website.