Patient perspectives and resources
Find patient stories about living with pain, resources for self-management and videos to help you understand pain.
Patient stories
- Pain Australia - Your StoriesStories from people living with pain
- About pain - patient storiesFrom the Pain Management Research Institute at the University of Sydney
Resources for patients
Manage Your Pain by Publication Date: 2012
- PainHEALTHDeveloped through the Department of Health, Western Australia in collaboration with Curtin University, University of Western Australia and the Musculoskeletal Health Network. Offers information, tips and self management tools to assist in the management of musculoskeletal pain
- Pain Management NetworkDeveloped by the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation, provides information about pain and self management. Includes a youth channel.
- Patient publications - British Pain SocietyOffers booklets for patients on pain and pain management.
Understanding Pain in less than five minutes
Understanding pain in less than five minutes by Brainman (YouTube)
Understanding Pain: Brainman chooses - towards an evidence based approach
Understanding Pain: Brainman chooses by Brainman (YouTube)
Understanding Pain: Brainman stops his opioids
Understanding pain: Brainman stops his opiods by Brainman (YouTube)