Educational Links
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based Pain Management
Produced by the Alberta Health Services, of Alberta, Canada, a site that provides basic information on cognitive-behavioral principles for improving your abilities to cope with chronic pain.
Complications of Chronic Pain
From the U.S. National Institute for Mental Health, an informative site on depression, chronic pain, and the relationship between the two. The site also contains information on how to most effectively treat depression.
Mindfulness
Brief summaries of a few research studies on mindfulness, put together by the American Psychological Association.
A TED Talk by Fadel Zeidan on what mindfulness is, how it affects the brain's processing of pain, and how it is helpful in the management of pain.
Neuroscience of Pain
A lecture by Jessica Pullins, PhD, on psychological treatment of pain.
A short video on how the brain produces the experience of pain and why different people experience pain differently. A TED Ed Lessons Worth Sharing by Karen D. Davis, PhD, professor of neuroscience at the University of Toronto.
Professor G. Lorimer Moseley – University of South Australia. Poor choice of titles, but the lecture is an empirically accurate review of the role of the brain and nervous system in producing the experience of chronic pain.
Another poor choice of a title, but still worth the watch. Answers the question of why some people are more susceptible to developing chronic pain once an injury or illness occurs. A TEDx Talk: Silje Endersen Reme, PhD.
A brief video review of what happens in the brain when we learn and how it relates to rehabilitation.
Sites for the Self-Management of Pain
A website with multiple social media connections that provides self-management support by and for those with persistent pain.
A document with information and multiple links on how to self-manage chronic pain, produced by the Oregon Pain Management Commission.
Information on self-managing chronic pain.
An important platform for community building through the sharing of real-life stories of how people have successfully learned to self-manage chronic pain.
A highly acclaimed site that provides educational modules for learning how to self-manage chronic pain.
A site that provides educational information on pain and how to cope with it.
Tips for Coping
A TED TAlk by Janine Shephard, an Olympic athelete who is severely injured in a motor vehicle accident, in which she tells her story of the power of acceptance and moving on with valued life activities despite her new-found condition.
Information and worksheet for self-managing chronic pain from the Veterans Affairs (VA), United States.
A video by Dr. Mike Evans and the Evans Health Lab.
The last of the popular video series on how to self-manage chronic pain, reviewing multiple important, and empirically effective, ways to cope with pain. Again, a must see. Produced by Hunter Integrated Service (HIPS), University of South Australia, the University of Washington, and Hunter Medicare Local.
One of the popular Brainman video series on self-managing pain without opioids. A must see. Produced by Hunter Integrated Service (HIPS), University of South Australia, the University of Washington, and Hunter Medicare Local.
The first in the popular video series on how to self-manage chronic pain, reviewing evidenced-based approaches to cope with pain. A must see. Produced by Hunter Integrated Pain Service (HIPS).
An educational video on the nature of pain and how to respond to it.
Changing your posture can change your mood and self-confidence. Food for thought when attempting to reduce pain behaviors. An inspiring TED talk by Amy Cuddy, PhD, social psychologist at Harvard Business School.
Institute for Chronic Pain's Coping with Pain Series