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Tips to manage chronic pain

Tips to manage chronic pain

Everyone feels pain differently, but chronic pain can severely affect your physical and mental wellbeing.

The following short videos will help you better understand chronic pain, its causes and what you can do to reduce the pain cycle.

Understanding pain

Everyone feels pain differently. This video will help you understand what may be contributing to how you experience pain.

Factors that change pain

Your personal pain experience is shaped by the circumstances your body is in and the environment that surrounds it. Learn how understanding these factors can help manage chronic pain.

Tips to reduce the pain cycle

See tips and strategies that can help you reduce the pain cycle, including sleep, exercise and physical activity, maintaining a balanced lifestyle and managing stress.

Breathing techniques for pain

Watch how to do some simple breathing techniques that may help relieve pain, particularly during flare-ups.

Relaxation techniques for pain

Learn general relaxation techniques you can use when you feel increasing pain and tension.

Learn more

Read about the Pain Medicine Unit which provides multidisciplinary assessment and treatment for people with persistent non-cancer and cancer pain, usually to outpatients.

 

Last Updated: 04/08/2023
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