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Date issued: June 2026

Review date: June 2028

Leaflet section: Pain Management

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Pain Management: Useful information/resources

We hope this leaflet will enable you to find out more about persistent pain and explore some helpful ways to enable you to manage the wide impact living with pain can have.

Pain can have a huge impact on our lives and experiences. These websites provide evidenced based information about pain management.

• NHS 10 ways to reduce pain  

• Body Reprogramming   

• ReConnect2Life - Torbay and South Devon NHS services 

• Livewell Southwest   

  • Tel: 01752 435502

• Plymouth Wellbeing Hubs 

• Improving Lives Plymouth    

Movement and posture

Pain can affect how we move and our confidence in movement, as well as how we hold ourselves.

Movement is good medicine for the mind and body.

It encourages our naturally produced “feel good” pain relieving Endorphins to be released. (Endorphins are a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system). To learn more please see the links below.

Physiotherapy advice for maintaining strength as we age.

• The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP)   

• Pain Toolkit 

• Elder Tree    

  • Elder Tree Tel: 01752 227447

• Video of Full Length Tai Chi Class / Piedmont Healthcare

Pain and mood

Living alongside persistent pain can affect our mood, our thoughts and our behaviour. For more information about the impact of pain on emotional wellbeing you may find the links below helpful.

• NHS Breathing exercises for stress 

• NHS Mental wellbeing audio guides 

Remember: It is important to gain support if you are experiencing difficulties with mood, from friends, family and health care professionals.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is an ancient eastern practice.

Mindfulness means paying attention to the present moment.  

We are often so busy worrying about the future or going over what has happened in the past, that we forget to pay attention to what is happening right now, the ‘present moment’.  

Mindfulness helps us to notice thoughts, physical sensations, sights, sounds, tastes and smells, lots of things that we might not normally notice.  Mindfulness can allow us to notice what we are experiencing, without judgment.  

You can access free mindfulness audio tracks online

• Mindfulness: Finding Peace in a Frantic World 

• Mindfulness Audio Downloads at Bangor University 

• Mind mental health 

 

Other formats

If you need this leaflet in another format such as Braille, large print, high contrast, British Sign Language or translated into another language, contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS):

• 01752 439694

• Plh-tr.PALS@nhs.net