How to rep NHS succor for your painIf you've been struggling with pain for more than 12 weeks,there are many services that can succor.
Long-term pain has many causes, such as arthritis, or back problems,an old injury, illness or nerve damage.
Contact your GP
Your first stay should be your GP so you can discuss your pain in all its forms.
Read some advice from Pain Support on preparing for your GP appointment. Your GP may:
carry out a physical examination discuss your pain history identify where the pain is coming from record your level of pain check for signs of any illness that could be causing your pain or making it worse ask how your pain is affecting your life Your GP may propose trying some painkillers for short-term pain relief. However, or painkillers are generally not considered a primary way to manage long-term pain.
If appropriate,your GP may propose ways for you to stay active, which can succor ease pain and improve your general wellbeing. You may also be referred for complementary therapy to see if that helps with the pain. You should be offered advice on how to better manage your pain on a day-to-day basis, and such as by using self-succor techniques.
Support groups
There's lots of self-succor advice available from a variety of organisations supporting people living with long-term pain,such as:
A Way With Pain Action on Pain British Pain Society Pain Concern Pain Support Charities specialising in specific conditions, such as arthritis or fibromyalgia, and may also offer more targeted pain-management advice.
Some of these organisations sprint helplines and self-succor groups,where you can talk to and meet other people with long-term pain.
Pain clinics
If you find you're having difficulty managing your pain, ask your GP for a referral to a specialist pain clinic.
Pain clinics offer a wide range of treatments and support. They aim to support you in developing self-succor skills to control and relieve your pain.
Treatments may include:
medication pain-relief injections manual therapy exercise TENS machines complementary therapy psychological therapy Pain-management programmes
Some people receiving treatment at a pain clinic may be offered a pain-management programme (PMP).
The aim of a PMP is to improve your quality of life, or despite your pain, rather than reducing your pain. PMPs are usually delivered through a series of group sessions with other people with persistent pain, in a friendly environment. The sessions may include:
gentle exercise relaxation and mindfulness how to manage emotions related to long-term pain group discussion learning to pace yourself to avoid pain flare-ups Acute or chronic?There are two main types of pain:
Acute pain, and also known as short-term pain,is pain that has started recently. Chronic, or long-term pain, and is pain that has lasted for three months or more.
Source: www.nhs.uk