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These resources are not intended to replace consultation with the appropriate health professional, including physician, psychologist, marriage and family therapist, exercise professional, etc.  If you are experiencing any mental or medical emergency, call 9-1-1, or the National Suicide Prevention Hotline, 1-800-273-8255 (press 1 at the prompt if you are a veteran)

YouTube Videos:

  1. Pain Explained by Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (6:19)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14_2TS7RHM

  2. TEDxAdelaide - Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt (14:32)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwd-wLdIHjs

  3. Understanding Pain What to do about it in less than five minutes, by Painaustralia (5:00)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWMKucuejIs

  4.  Doc Mike Evans Youtube Channel: Low Back Pain (11:05)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOjTegn9RuY

 Neuroscience Pain Education Books:

  1. Explain Pain (8311) 2nd Edition, by David Butler

    Spiral-bound: 134 pages

    Publisher: NOI Group; 2nd edition (September 25, 2013)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 0987342665

    ISBN-13: 978-098734266 

  2. The Explain Pain Handbook Protectometer, by GL Moseley, David Butler

    Paperback: 49 pages

    Publisher: Noigroup Publications (January 1, 2015)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 0975091093

    ISBN-13: 978-0975091098

  3. Painful Yarns (8318) 1st Edition, by Lorimer Moseley

    Paperback: 113 pages

    Publisher: Orthopedic Physical Therapy Products; 1 edition (October 9, 2007)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 0979988004

    ISBN-13: 978-0979988004

  4. Why Do I Hurt? (8746) 1st Edition, by Adriaan Louw

    Spiral-bound: 50 pages

    Publisher: International Spine and Pain Institute; 1 edition (February 18, 2013)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 0985718625

    ISBN-13: 978-0985718626 

Books for Coping with Chronic Pain

  1. The Pain Survival Guide: How to Become Resilient and Reclaim Your Life (2nd Ed.), By Dennis Turk, PhD and Frits Winter, PhD

    Paperback: 230 pages

    Publisher: APA LifeTools; Revised edition (March 10, 2020)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 1433831821

    ISBN-13: 978-1433831829

  2.  Managing Pain Before It Manages You (4th Ed.), By Margaret Caudill, MD, PhD, MPH

    Paperback: 281 pages

    Publisher: The Guilford Press; Fourth edition (January 6, 2016)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 9781462522774

    ISBN-13: 978-1462522774 

  3. The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit: 10 Simple Steps to Ease Your Pain, By Beth Darnall, PhD

    Paperback: 144 pages

    Publisher: Bull Publishing Company; 1 Pap/Com edition (September 1, 2016)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 1936693984

    ISBN-13: 978-1936693986 

  4. Living Beyond Your Pain: Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain, by JoAnne Dahl, PhD, and Tobias Lundgren, MS

    Paperback: 192 pages

    Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; Workbook edition (May 3, 2006)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 1572244097

    ISBN-13: 978-1572244092 

  5. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness, By Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD

    Paperback: 720 pages

    Publisher: Bantam; Revised, Updated edition (September 24, 2013)

    Language: English

    ISBN-10: 9780345536938

    ISBN-13: 978-0345536938 

Websites:

  1. American Chronic Pain Association

    ACPA-Stanford Pain Resource Guide 2021: https://www.theacpa.org/resources/acpa-resource-guide/

  2. Support Groups: https://www.theacpa.org/support-groups/

    Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Pain Management, for Veterans/Public:https://www.va.gov/PAINMANAGEMENT/Veteran_Public/index.asp

    National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: Pain

    https://nccih.nih.gov/health/pain

    VA War Related Illness and Injury Study Center (WRIISC): 8 Week Integrative Restoration (iRest™) Meditation Series - led by Louise Mahoney, MS, RYT-500 (whole course of guided meditations are recorded, with tracks available): https://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/WARRELATEDILLNESS/meditation/default.asp