PAIN RESOURCES
- American Chronic Pain Association
- American Pain Society
- Arthritis Foundation
- Arthritis Society
- Biofeedback Provider Search
- Canadian Pain Society
- Chronic Pain Association of Canada
- eMedicineHealth
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital
- National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
- National Pain Foundation
- WebMD
- Women’s College Hospital
- Zoffness resource list for youth and adults
PAIN EDUCATION DOCUMENTARY
The documentary explores what chronic pain is, its individual and societal impact, and the future of pain management through the stories and struggles of six individuals living with chronic pain and their loved ones, as well as perspective from leading national experts in pain management. For more information about chronic pain and the documentary, please go to: http://www.painmattersfilm.com
BOOKS
- Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain
by Peter Abaci - Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David Burns - Explain Pain
by David Butler - Quiet Your Mind & Get to Sleep, Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain
by Colleen Carney and Rachel Manber - Managing Pain Before it Manages You
by Margaret A. Caudill - Living Beyond Your Pain
by JoAnne Dahl PhD, Tobias Lundgren MS - The Chronic Pain Solution
by James N. Dillard M.D. - Full Catastrophe Living
by Jon Kabat-Zinn - Why Do I Hurt?
by Adriaan Louw - Painful Yarns
by Lorimer Moseley - The Chronic Pain and Illness Workbook for Teens: CBT and Mindfulness-Based Practices to Turn the Volume Down on Pain
by Rachel Zoffness
FREE APPS FOR ANDROID AND APPLE PRODUCTS
Paced Breathing is a free app that guides you through a full breath cycle. You can choose the rate (seconds) of inhalation, pause times, and exhalation. Available for Android.
Breathe2Relax is a personalized stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and diaphragmatic breathing. Available for Apple or Android.
CBT FOR INSOMNIA
Alternate options for CBTI that you might be interested in are online programs and apps:
- Go! To sleep for Apple (for about $40, developed by the Cleveland Clinic)
- SHUTi (around $140, developed in part by Charles Morin)
- App with a sleep tracking device called Sleep Rate (about $100).
- A free app called CBT-i coach is available on Android and Apple