Resources
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
IASP brings together scientists, clinicians, health care providers, and policy makers to stimulate and support the study of pain and to translate that knowledge into improved pain relief worldwide.
American Academy of Pain Management
The Academy is a nonprofit multidisciplinary credentialing society providing credentialing to practitioners in the area of pain management.
The Pain Relief Foundation is a UK charity which funds research into the causes and treatment of human chronic pain and is concerned with education of doctors and nurses in pain management.
The American Pain Foundation is an independent non-profit organization serving people with pain through information, education and advocacy.
Society for Pain Practice Management
The Society for Pain Practice Management Web Site offers information pertinent to the specialty of pain management.
Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain
Istop provides you with scientific, medical application of acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain.
A wonderful pain resource and information website for professionals and members of the public.
WHO Pain and Palliative Care Communications Program
Improve access to professional education resources in pain control and palliative care.
Understanding your condition and the suffering you have to go through, especially alone can be a rather lonely and challenging journey. We, at PAS have collated a few educational resources that we believe will aid your understanding of pain and the struggle that comes with it. We hope that this added knowledge will help to empower you to the next level of your healing journey!
Pain Awareness resources
- Videos (For adults and children under 13 years)
  Adult resource
- Understanding Pain and What to Do About It
- Rethinking Persistent Pain (Lorimer Moseley)Â Tame the Beast
- Biopsychosocial Model of Pain
- How does your brain respond to pain? – Karen D. Davis – Bing video
- Pain: How to Manage and When to Get Help
- 11 Healthy Habits to Sleep Better
Paediatric Resource
- 7 Video Episodes to support children navigate through the management of chronic pain https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/chronic-pain/painbytes
- A free to download comic that helps children understand going back to school and resuming activities is beneficial in kids with Chronic Pain A Journey To Learn About Pain – Western Kids Health
Reading Materials
- Resources for your patients – Live Well With Pain
- About Mindfulness Mindfulness for Chronic Pain Management (usu.edu)
Self-Management Resources
- A team of health professionals from the New Zealand Pain Society, including physiotherapists, psychologists, nurses, doctors and occupational therapists have put together a booklet to help pain patients understand what can be done to manage your pain.
Pain resource: ‘Navigating Pain’ – New Zealand Pain Society (nzps.org.nz)
- The American Chronic Pain Association: A Peer Support Resource for People with Chronic Pain American Chronic Pain Association (theacpa.org)
- 10 footsteps to help you on the journey of recovery well done – Ten Footsteps to Living Well with Pain (livewellwithpain.co.uk)
- Learn a science based approach to overcoming pain (microlearning)Â Retrain Pain Foundation
- 12 steps in your toolkit to support your management of Pain Pain Tools | The Pain Toolkit
- Mindfulness for Pain – Free Mindfulness Resources for Pain from Mindful and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Mobile Apps for Practice of Relaxation
Exercises for common pain problems
Neck
Understanding your pain and exercises for neck pain
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/neck-pain/
https://www.versusarthritis.org/media/21788/neckpain-exercise-sheet.pdf
Lower Back
Understanding your pain and Exercises for Back Pain
https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/conditions/back-pain/
https://www.versusarthritis.org/media/21786/backpain-exercise-sheet.pdf
Medications and Pain
- Pain and role of medications – Learn about how medications fit into a pain management plan with this video resource from the ACI Pain Management Network.
- Medicines and procedures – A resource from painHEALTH covering the various medicines and procedures that may form part of your co-management plan for musculoskeletal pain.
- Pain: What is going on?– Information shared by NPS (National Prescribing Service Limited, Australia )Medicinewise about pain for patients and their carers, including discussion of the role of medications.
- Opioids and chronic pain– Thisvideo from Faculty of Pain Medicine Australia, aims to help people make an informed decision in partnership with their doctor about whether to start taking an opioid medicine for chronic non-cancer pain.
Condition Specific Resources
UK Fibromyalgia is an organisation that seeks to help the Fibromyalgia community. What is Fibromyalgia? — UK Fibromyalgia Magazine
Patient Stories
- Patient stories — Pain-Ed
- Pain Stories – painHEALTH (uwa.edu.au)
- Metaphors and chronic pain (gailsinclair.com)
Local Media Stories
More suffering chronic pain, Health News & Top Stories – The Straits Times
For Health Care Professionals
- Brief Intro to the Biopsychosocial Model of CareÂ
- Psychology of Chronic Pain A normal psychology of chronic pain | The Psychologist (bps.org.uk) (old reference but comprehensive)
- The Pain Management, Research and Education Centre (Pain Centre) is a leading international paediatric centre specializing in pain prevention and treatment.
- The Pain Management, Research and Education Centre | SickKids
- National Guidelines for the safe Prescribing of Opioids 2021
Information for Health care professionals – Palliative care
Websites |
Singapore Hospice Council Lien Centre for Palliative Care https://www.duke-nus.edu.sg/lcpc The Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education https://www.palc.org.sg GeriCare https://gericarenorth.com |
Journal / Books |
SG Pall eBook The Bedside Palliative Medicine Handbook |
National links:
Singapore Physiotherapy Association
Singapore Association of Occupational therapy
Singapore Psychological Society
International links:
International Association for the Study of Pain
European Federation of IASP Chapters
US Association for the Study of Pain (@US_ASP)
Other Related Links
Australian Association of Occupational Therapists
Australian College of Nurse Practitioners
Australian Physiotherapy Association
Australian Psychological Society
Faculty of Pain Medicine – Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
National Insititute of Clinical Studies – Clinical Practice Guidelines Portal
Neuromodulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation
NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group
Pain Interest Group Nursing Issues
Pain Management Research Institute (PMRI)
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
American Society for Pain Management Nursing
American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
International Neuromodulation Society
The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
WHO Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Communications Program
Education/ Fact sheets for HCPs (Pain Australia Fact sheets)