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
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
PAIN/STRESS MANAGEMENT BOOKS
- Living Beyond Your Pain
by JoAnne Dahl PhD, Tobias Lundgren MS - The Chronic Pain Solution
by James N. Dillard M.D. - Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David Burns - Managing Pain Before it Manages You
by Margaret A. Caudill - Take Charge of Your Chronic Pain
by Peter Abaci - Full Catastrophe Living
by Jon Kabat-Zinn - Quiet Your Mind & Get to Sleep, Solutions to Insomnia for Those with Depression, Anxiety, or Chronic Pain
by Colleen Carney and Rachel Manber - Why Do I Hurt?
by Adriaan Louw - Painful Yarns
by Lorimer Moseley - Explain Pain
by David Butler
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