Self Management
We know that self management is one of the things that can most improve the lives of people living with pain, but all too often it’s not being put into practice successfully.
After speaking to people with pain and healthcare professionals, we’ve been able to put together a clearer picture of what is going wrong and how we might make things better.
Visit our online shop to view our selection of self management leaflets, available for free in print and digitally.

Pain Management in Lockdown
Transcript – Programme 112: Measuring Pain, Reading the Brain
Transcript – Programme 111: Physiotherapy, Mind, Body and the Social Component
Pain Matters 74 – OUT NOW
Airing Pain 120: Osteoporosis
Transcript – Programme 109: Fibromyalgia
Sex and chronic pain
Airing Pain 112: Measuring Pain, Reading the Brain
Airing Pain 111: Physiotherapy, Mind, Body And The Social Component
Airing Pain 109: Fibromyalgia
Transcript – Programme 107: Easing Pain Appointments with the Navigator Tool
Airing Pain 107: Easing Pain Appointments with the Navigator Tool
Transcript – Programme 104: How Sleep and Chronic Pain Interact
Promo for Pain Concern’s Navigator Tool
Airing Pain 102: Chronic Pain And Resilience
Airing Pain 97: Sex and Chronic Pain
Airing Pain 90: Back Pain
Airing Pain 89: Dementia
Transcript – The Project: Breaking the barriers to self-management
Pain management programmes
Medical investigations
GP consultations
Emotional impact of chronic pain
What is self-management?
The project – Breaking the barriers to self-management
Airing Pain 27: Arthritis: Challenging perceptions
Airing Pain 26: Transforming Pain Services: Joining up pain management and involving the patient
Airing Pain 25: A Heads-Up on Migraines
Navigator Tool
Material for healthcare professionals to make consultations more holistic and encourage self-management is already widely used (for example Realistic Medicine, Year of Care and House of Care) and Pain Concern has now developed a paper-based tool for patients to prepare themselves to bring up their concerns and worries in appointments. Designed to help patients navigate their concerns and bring the most important questions up in primary care appointments.
Leaflets
Our leaflets are free to download. If you would like to order printed leaflets for individual use – or bulk order leaflets for distribution in clinics, GP’s surgeries and community groups – please add to your basket and checkout free of charge.
Radio
Our radio programme Airing Pain brings together people with chronic pain and top specialists to talk about the resources which can help.
Pain Concern produces a new Airing Pain programme once a month, which you can hear on Tuesday and Sunday evenings at 8pm via Able Radio. Podcasts are then available to listen to on demand via our website. You can subscribe to the Airing Pain podcast on Audioboom, iTunes and through most podcast apps.
Transcripts are now available for most of the programmes.
View our Playlists for theme-specific programmes.
Pain Matters
Pain Matters, the magazine for people living with chronic pain, contains news, features and comment on pain management, research into treatments and personal experiences of living with pain.