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Free Pain Education Sessions in Glasgow

July 22 , 2015
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Call 0300 323 9966 or 07548 229 958 to book a place at one of our sessions in Alexandria, Clydebank, Easterhouse, Pollokshields or Possilpark. We're expanding to venues throughout Glasgow. Watch this space... What is the Pain Education Session? The pain education session is for anyone who has had ...

Helpline Feedback Questions

July 14 , 2015
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Greetings. We at Pain Concern hope that the contact you had with our helpline was informational and supportive. To help us monitor and improve this service, please provide answers to the following questions. Your answers will be stored anonymously. Thank you for completing this form. The information ...

Live in Hertfordshire? Free classes for people in pain

June 29 , 2015
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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 ...

New information on Spinal Cord Stimulation

June 15 , 2015
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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 ...

New advice on osteoarthritis

June 11 , 2015
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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 wins two prizes!

May 12 , 2015
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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 ...

Pain Concern learns about a new health and wellbeing app.

April 28 , 2015
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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 ...

2014 Achievements

April 01 , 2015
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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 ...

New report highlights a number of potential barriers to self-management of chronic pain

March 04 , 2015
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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 back for new series

January 27 , 2015
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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 ...