Resources

Making pain patients’ voices heard across Europe and changing the prescribing culture This edition has been funded by Grünenthal. Almost 100 million EU citizens have chronic pain, but there is still much progress to be made in improving diagnosis and treatment. Pain Concern’s Rowena Jacobs attended the fifth Societal ...

From nerve-blocks to spinal cord stimulators: how interventional approaches can help For a full transcript of this programme please click here. This edition has been funded by Pfizer. Physiotherapy, exercise, medications and clinical psychology all play an important role in pain management, but what happens if these treatments don’t give people ...

From nerve-blocks to spinal cord stimulators: how interventional approaches can help To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download Physiotherapy, exercise, medications and clinical psychology all play an important role in pain management, but what happens if these treatments don’t give people the relief they need to ...

How to get support in regaining independence and the physical and mental health benefits of social exercise To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download How can people left disabled and housebound by chronic pain be supported to live independently? Producer Paul Evans visits two Edinburgh-based organisations ...

How to get support in regaining independence and the physical and mental health benefits of social exercise This edition has been funded by a grant from the Moffat Charitable Trust. How can people left disabled and housebound by chronic pain be supported to live independently? Producer Paul Evans visits ...

How shared decision making works in practice, plus, making IT work for people in pain and healthcare professionals This edition has been funded by Pain Concern’s friends and supporters. In this edition of Airing Pain we hear about how people in pain can take an active role in their care through ...

How shared decision making works in practice, plus, making IT work for people in pain and healthcare professionals To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In this edition of Airing Pain we hear about how people in pain can take an active role in their care ...

How pain affects the relationship between adults and young people and tips from a family therapist This edition has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian’s Self-directed Support Innovation Fund. In the second of our two programmes focusing on young carers for people in pain, ...

How pain affects the relationship between adults and young people and tips from a family therapist To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In the second of our two programmes focusing on young carers for people in pain, we hear about the effect of pain ...

The experiences of young people whose family is affected by pain and a campaign to help improve their lives To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download Lost childhood, financial burden, emotional turmoil and guilt – these are some of the challenges facing young people who care ...

The experiences of young people whose family is affected by pain and a campaign to help improve their lives This edition has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian’s Self-directed Support Innovation Fund. Lost childhood, financial burden, emotional turmoil and guilt – these are some ...

Learning to live with it: a toolkit for self-management This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. ‘You have to learn to live with it.’ Pete Moore’s GP told him after running out of treatment options for chronic pain. From his own experiences of learning ...