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FREE NHS-funded classes for people with persistent pain in parts of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, Letchworth, Watford and Hemel Hempstead) starting September. Learn ways to help manage distressing medical symptoms for people with persistent IBS, fibromyalgia, ME, chronic fatigue and pain that have no obvious medical explanation. Using breath work, gentle ...

Medical instrument manufacturer Medtronic have developed a new patient information website with detailed guidance for people interested in Spinal Cord Stimulation. Although NICE has approved this treatment for certain pain conditions, very few people in the UK have been fitted with stimulators. It is important that both patients ...

Pain Concern responds to new NICE Quality Standard statements issued 11 June 2015 Heather Wallace, Chair of Pain Concern said: “What these eight new QS statements underline is that for over 7 million people in the UK with  osteoarthritis the burden of pain is still not being addressed and ...

Pain Concern's research study, which has identified a range of common barriers which can make the facilitation and adoption of self-management of chronic pain more difficult, has been awarded top poster at North British Pain Association Spring Conference 2015 and one of top 5 research posters at the British ...

Soulight – your mobile well-being companion Pain Concern spoke to Maciej Zurawski, Founder & CEO of Musemantik about his new app 'Soulight'. "Soulight is a free mobile app for alleviating mental distress, incl. stress, depression and anxiety, both  for healthy individuals and those with some condition. However, we also ...

ACHIEVEMENTS Airing Pain radio programme This ever-popular programme continues our collaboration with Sony award-winning broadcaster Paul Evans and internet disability radio station, Able Radio. There are now over 65 innovative half-hour podcasts on our website, informing and supporting the pain community. In 2014 we broadcast 10 new programmes and ...

A research study carried out by Pain Concern has identified a range of common barriers which can make the facilitation and adoption of self-management of chronic pain more difficult. The study focused on the participants’ experiences of primary care and data was gathered from people living with chronic ...

Airing Pain, the popular digital radio programme for people living with chronic pain, is returning for a brand new series. Tune in to Able Radio for the first episode on Tuesday 3February at 8pm!  Since 2010, Airing Pain has brought together people with chronic pain and top specialists to ...

As a survey of UK drug use reveals a ‘significant increase in misuse’ of two of the most important drugs for chronic pain, pregabalin and gabapentin, Pain Concern is urging prescribers to ensure that these often life-changing treatments remain available to people living with pain. The charity behind ...

Join us every Tuesday and Sunday at 8pm on Able Radio as we repeat some of Airing Pain’s best programmes! Tune in next week on Tuesday 18th November for the first of five weekly programmes in our repeat series looking at reducing pain without drugs. Each programme provides ...

The 2014-2015 Global Year Against Neuropathic Pain has launched! Sponsored by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), The Global Year Against Pain is a yearlong initiative designed to raise international awareness of pain. Each year, the campaign focuses on a different aspect of pain ...