Managing Pain (Haga clic aquí para recursos de manejo del dolor en español)
These tools can be helpful to individuals who are attempting to manage their pain. Pain can be associated with many chronic health conditions, and can sometimes come as a result of how multiple chronic health conditions interact. Individuals with chronic health conditions may overlook or “work through” symptoms of pain in order to manage other aspects of their health.
Living With Pain
Coping With Pain (Veterans Affairs – National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, MOVE(R))
Daily Activity Checklist (American Chronic Pain Association)
Live Better With Pain Log (American Chronic Pain Association)
Managing Your Activities (Arthritis Foundation)
Managing Your Pain (Arthritis Foundation)
Quality of Life Scale (American Chronic Pain Association)
Specific Types of Pain
Back Pain: Easy to Read Fast Facts (NIH – NIAMS)
Back Pain: Handout on Health (NIH – NIAMS)
Nerve Pain (American Chronic Pain Association)
PainSpot (PainSpot, Co.)
Resources
CDS’s Resources for Pain Management (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Healthfinder.gov Resources on: Pain Management (Healthfinder.gov)
Healthfinder.gov Resources on: Pain Relievers (Healthfinder.gov)
Pain: You Can Get Help (NIH – National Institutes on Aging)
This list, though thorough, is not complete. If you would like more suggestions on specific activities or techniques for self-management and physical activities, please contact your Regional Arthritis Center Coordinator, or the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program.
If you have self-management resources you would like to be shared on this site, please contact the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program.
Images used on this page are from The Noun Project.