Follow us:
facebook
twitter
youtube
email
  • Home
    • About Us
      • Board of Trustees
      • Advisory Board members
    • What we do
      • Policy and campaigns
    • News
      • Latest news
      • Statements and press releases
      • Notifications For Members
    • Contact us
      • Press enquiries
  • Get Help
    • Helpline & E-Help Services
    • Forum
    • Pain Education Sessions
    • Support near me
  • Publications
    • Pain Matters magazine
      • Subscribe to Pain Matters
      • Back Issues
    • Information leaflets
    • Pain Press newsletter
    • Cymraeg
  • Radio
    • Airing Pain
    • Playlists
    • Transcripts
  • Resources
    • Conditions
    • Living with pain
    • Families and children
    • More resources and information
  • Research
    • *New* Self-Management Navigator Tool
    • The Navigator Tool
    • Self-Management Videos
    • Posters
  • Volunteer
  • Donate
    • Direct Donations
    • Fundraise
    • Shop against pain
    • Legacy

Medical investigations

September 22, 2015
by Administrator
Self Management Vids
1 Comment

 

Doctors and patients can both get caught up in an almost endless search for a cure or a clear diagnosis of what’s causing the pain. Searching for a medical solution is understandable, but it can delay people in starting to learn to manage their pain.

With the right support and guidance from healthcare professionals, people can move towards playing an active role in their care, often becoming less dependent on medication.

Top tip: results on MRI scans don’t usually help us to understand what’s behind persistent back pain – many people without pain will have ‘bulging discs’.

Find out more: Pain Concern’s ‘Managing Medications’ leaflet has really helpful advice on using pain medications effectively and how to reduce your medications safely.

To read the transcript of this programme, please click here.

Published September 2015. Text to be reviewed September 2018.
One Comment
  1. Chris April 9, 2018 at 12:36 pm Reply

    Hi I have watched this video and agree totally with it. I injured my back over two years ago and have been trying to get a diagnosis, I have had an x-ray and MRI scan but been told apart from wear and tear, small herniation on a disk and a bulging disc there is nothing sinister. I have injured my back previously and just walked it off.This injury didn’t get better so I thought maybe it was serious and get very frustrated not being able to get an answer. I have been trying to exercise, walking, stretching and this helps but my back always feels like it will go again and sometimes it does, this is described as set backs.The set backs makes me less confident but I have to keep moving and hope it will get better.

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

*
*

captcha *

Pain Concern’s Support Services

Email:

help@painconcern.org.uk

Email us with any queries and one of our volunteers will get back to you.

Click here for more information.

 

Online forum:

HealthUnlocked.com/painconcern 

A peer support network, moderated by Pain Concern, for people with pain to help each other.

Click here for more information.

 

Helpline: Temporarily closed due to Covid-19

Call us on 0300 123 0789 to speak to one of our volunteers.

Click here for more information.

 

Contacted us recently?
Let us know how it went by filling in this short survey

Listen to Airing Pain

Pain Matters magazine

 

Pain Matters digital magazine is now available at Pocketmags.com. Click here to buy or subscribe.

 

Prefer the feel of paper? Buy or subscribe to Pain Matters here.

 

 

(Also available via the Pocketmags app on iTunes, Google Play, Amazon Newsstand and Windows.)

 

 

Pain Press newsletter

Donate to Pain Concern

Donate with JustGiving

  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • House Rules (for comments and social media usage)
  • Terms and conditions
  • Information and Editorial Policies
© Pain Concern. All Rights Reserved.
Registered Charity no. SC023559. Company limited by guarantee no. SC546994. 62-66 Newcraighall Road, Edinburgh EH15 3HS