More Resources – Understanding Pain

For more information about how to manage chronic pain go to the Agency for Clinical Innovation – Pain Management Network website.

Below are some helpful links to information or fact sheets to help you learn more about how to Be Pain Smart.

Chronic pain

Understanding pain

Agency for Clinical Innovation – Pain Management Network – Introduction to pain

Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists – About pain medicine

Pain Australia – Self-managing chronic pain

Understanding pain in less than five minutes

Pacing

University of Western Australia – painHEALTH

Flare-ups

Agency for Clinical Innovation – Pain Management Network – Flare-up plan

Lifestyle and nutrition

Agency for Clinical Innovation – Pain Management Network – Lifestyle and nutrition

Pain after a brain injury

Synapse – Headache and brain injury

Synapse – Pain management and brain injury

Chronic pain medications

Agency for Clinical Innovation – Pain Management Network – Pain and role of medications

Australia and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists – Opioids and chronic pain

NPS Medicinewise – Opioid medicines and chronic non-cancer pain

University of Western Australia – painHEALTH – Medicines and procedures