Useful Information
This section provides information on a variety of resources in different formats.
They provide useful information to people living with persistent pain.
The resources offer a range of different perspectives and are not necessarily aligned
to the content of the Optimise Pain Rehabilitation Unit Programmes.
BOOKS
Title / Author / Description / ISBNLiving Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance & Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain / Joanne Dahl, Tobias Lundgren, / Approach to living with pain to help people live a rich and full life. / 1572244097
Mindfulness for Health: A practical guide to relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring wellbeing / Vidymala Burch and Danny Penman / Exercises to encorporate into daily life to ease suffering. / 074995924X
Living Well With Pain And Illness: Using mindfulness to free yourself from suffering / Vidymala Burch / Written by Vidymala who experiences chronic pain with guidance on how to live well with chronic pain / 0749928603
Overcoming Chronic Pain: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques / Frances Cole , Hazel Howden-Leach , Helen Macdonald , / Self-help book detailing methods developed by specialists for management of pain. / 1841199702
Manage Your Pain / Michael Nicholas et al / This self- help book was written by the pain management at Royal North Shore hospital in Australia. / 0285636790.
Chronic Pain. The Pain Management Plan: How People Living with Pain Found a Better Life / Robert Lewin and Mike Bryson / Methods that assist in management of pain. / 0956662803
The Pain Survival Guide: How to Reclaim Your Life / Dennis Turk, Frits Winter / 10 step program to help people improve their ability to cope with pain / 1591470498
Pain Relief without Drugs / Jan Sadler / A Self-Help Guide for Chronic Pain. Previously published as Natural Pain Relief. Includes a 55 minute CD. / 1594771510
Explain Pain / David Butler, Lorimer Moseley / 09750910
I Am Here Now: A creative mindfulness guide and Journal Diary / The Mindfulness Project / Journal to facilitate mindfulness / 1785030779
Pain: The Science of Suffering / Wall PD / A readable explanation of the complexities of pain by a world authority / 0297842552
Coping Successfully with Pain / Neville Shone / Personal description of how his chronic pain developed, experience of going to a pain management programme, and using the methods to improve his life / 0-859-69750-9
WEBSITES
Site / Web AddressResources for People Living with pain /
Alliance of Professionals working to improve the management of pain /
Mindfulness meditations /
Improving Sleep /
Hypermobility Syndromes Association /
Information about all forms of arthritis and painful musculoskeletal conditions /
Fibromyalgia /
Charitable Alliance Supporting people with Chronic Pain /
Pain Concern (Charity) /
NOI Group -
Treatments and resources for Chronic Pain based on research /
Action on Pain
(UK Charity) /
Information about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome /
Videos
Subject / URLUnderstanding Pain in 5 minutes /
A video describing the experiences of people living with pain in their own words /
Understanding Why Things Hurt /
Treating Pain Using the Brain /
APPS
App Name / Available at:ACT-companion (iOS & Android) /
ACT Coach
(iOS) /
ACT Mindfully (Android) /
Headspace
(iOS & Android) /
The Mindfulness App
(iOS & Android) /
The Mindfulness App II
(iOS & Android) /
The Sleep School App
(iOS & Android) /
Audio CDs
Mindfulness of Breathing: Managing Pain, Illness and Stress with Guided Mindfulness Meditation
by Vidyamala Burch , Sona Fricker
There are multiple guided meditation CDs available in the Breathworks range.
Living with Chronic Pain
Produced by Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Neil Berry.
Send a postal order or cheque made out to "Pain CD" for £4.50 to PO Box 84, Blackburn, BB2 7GH. Please indicate whether you require CD or Cassette or visit
Listening version of pain management methods, well explained and easy to follow