Pain Concern

Working to improve the lives of people living with #ChronicPain across the UK. Listen to our Airing Pain podcast here:

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🎉 What’s On in July with @PainConcern

📍 1 Jul – Royal Garden Party, Holyrood
📚 1 Jul – Drop-in, Portobello Lib, 11–1
💻 16 Jul – Online Pain Ed, 11–1
💻 24 Jul – Online Pain Ed, 2–4
📚 29 Jul – Drop-in, Craigmillar Lib, 11–1
🏥 31 Jul – Pain Ed, Craigmillar Med, 10:30–12:30

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New in-person Pain Management session for North Ayrshire. Held on last Thursday of each month in Ardrossan Library.

Book on Eventbrite: https://t.co/pofP7V8EcF

https://t.co/Jcb42cD6Ki
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#NorthAyrshire #ArdrossanLibrary #CommunityHealth

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#VolunteersWeek Meet Paula, who volunteers on our Listener and Reader Panel, balancing chronic pain with flexible, valuable contributions. Thank you, Paula!

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🌿 How can exposure to the natural world help pain?

‘There’s actually been very few mechanistic studies done on how nature impacts pain processing…’

In Airing Pain 153, Dr Sam Hughes explains his work on this research gap

🎧 https://t.co/Bevaw55WM8

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🎉 Huge congrats to Edd, Angie, and Beth for their #InspiringVolunteers 2026 awards! Your dedication inspires us all. #VolunteersWeek

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Meet Eden, a brilliant volunteer on our Listener and Reader Panel. She uses her lived pain experience to make a difference and connect with others. Thank you, Eden, for all you bring to Pain Concern! #VolunteersWeek

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Happy Volunteers' Week! We're grateful for every volunteer. This week, hear their stories in their own words. #VolunteersWeek

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🌱🧠 Can nature and mindfulness help pain?

The latest episode of Airing Pain looks at the interplay between nature and mindfulness, and how they can become part of the pain management toolkit

🎧 https://t.co/gNpTBisUWM

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Learn more about pain & what you can do for yourself at a free education session

🤝 A unique partnership with the NHS
⭐ Delivered by educators with lived experience
📍 Online & in-person

👉 https://t.co/staO4WH01R

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Happy Volunteers’ Week 🎉💜

Here Cathy Price, co-chair of the board of trustees at Pain Concern, thanks our incredible volunteers.

We couldn’t do it without them.

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While pain is a universal human experience, the occurrence, impact and treatment of chronic pain are not experienced equally

We explore these inequalities in a groundbreaking issue guest-edited by Cassandra Macgregor & Blair H. Smith

👉 Read now https://t.co/KzRHqwtkZD

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Curious about mindfulness and how it can help you manage your pain?

Next week! A free, drop-in mindfulness session:

💻 Online
📅 Monday June 1st
⏱️ 7–8pm

👉 For more info & to book https://t.co/RPIiys2pKj

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You do know music can help provide pain relief, don’t you?

Music can release natural opioids in the brain, reducing pain

👉 Find out more at in Pain Matters 63 https://t.co/p64zhyn2eq

#MusicTherapy #PainRelief

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Learn more about pain & what you can do for yourself at a free education session

🤝 A unique partnership with the NHS
⭐ Delivered by educators with lived experience
📍 Online & in-person

👉 https://t.co/staO4WH01R

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Chronic pain is heavily stigmatised.

Structural stigma appears in society’s policies & dominant cultural norms. In Pain Matters 90, UoToronto researchers look at how this kind of stigma affects people with chronic pain – & how it might be reduced.

👉 https://t.co/KzRHqwtkZD

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It is unfortunately quite common for people in pain to be told by others that it must be ‘all in the mind’

More on pain dismissal, including the lived-experience perspective, in issue 90 of Pain Matters

👉 Read now https://t.co/KzRHqwtkZD

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📣 Drop-in session at Craigmillar Library
📆 Tues May 26th
🕝 Pop by any time 11:00–13:00

Not local to Craigmillar? Call our friendly helpline to find out how we can support – 0300 123 0789

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Learn more about pain & what you can do for yourself at a free education session

🤝 A unique partnership with the NHS
⭐ Delivered by educators with lived experience
📍 Online & in-person

👉 https://t.co/staO4WH01R

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A walk that makes a difference – Aberdeen event in just a few weeks!

📍Aberdeen – 7 June
📍Dundee – 16 Aug
📍Edinburgh – 13 Sept

Sign up, choose Pain Concern & make every step count 👣

👉 https://t.co/zQsbdXCsCM

#Kiltwalk2026 #PainConcern

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🏃‍♀️ Leicester Festival 10K or half marathon on Sunday 11 October

💜 Run for those living with chronic pain & help make a difference

More info:
https://t.co/ikVzWYZCpc

📧 [email protected]

#RunLeicester #HalfMarathon #10K

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Support groups are a key feature of the pain management toolkit. They promote new friendships and enable people to develop new skills.

No longer live in silence – build connections and understanding.

👉 Find out more at https://t.co/Zu90MZcLg2

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