Find information and resources to help you think about your chronic pain and the impact it has on your life.

You may also find it useful to think about things you have tried to help manage your symptoms and the ways in which these may have been helpful and/or unhelpful.

• Chronic Pain – The Chinese Finger Trap metaphor
• Neuropathic Pain (painconcer.org.uk)
• Decision Aid – Making Decisions to Help you Live Well with Chronic Pain (NICE – National Institute for Care Excellence)
• Chronic Pain after Surgery (painconcern.org.uk)
• Diet and Pain (painconcern.org.uk)
• Getting a Good Night’s Sleep (painconcern.org.uk)
• Sleep Planner (livewellwithpain.co.uk)
• Manage your Pain (painconcern.org)
• Managing Emotions with Chronic Pain (painconcern.org)
• Stress, Pain, and Relaxation (painconcern.org)
• Taking Opioids for Pain (fpm.ac.uk)
• Thinking about Opioid Treatment for Pain (fpm.ac.uk)
• Using Medicines for Persistent Pain (livewellwithpain.co.uk)
• Ten Footsteps to Living Well with Pain (livewellwithpain.co.uk)
• Ten Footsteps for Carers (livewellwithpain.co.uk)
• Parenting a Child or Young Person with Chronic Pain (painconcern.org.uk)
• Managing Healthcare Appointments (painconcern.org.uk)

Thanks to NHS colleagues at the South Manchester Pain Service, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) for their guidance and support.

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