Chronic Pain
1) Understand Pain
Watch the Brainman video – Understanding Pain [5 minutes].
Understanding Pain infographic (pdf 125kb)
2) Develop a pain recovery plan
Using a whole person approach involving the 5 main factors of Mind Body, Connection, Activity, Nutrition and Biomedical
Consider using a pain recovery plan template
Mind body
Mindbody (pdf 1918kb)
Connection
Connection handout (pdf 606kb)
Activity and sleep
Activity handout (pdf 55kb)
Sleep tips (pdf 30kb)
Nutrition
Nutrition handout (pdf 1mb)
Biomedical
Time-limited use of pain medications
Biomedical (pdf 959kb)
3) Online self help pain programs
4) Specialist pain services
Hunter Integrated Pain Service - John hunter Hospital Pain Services resources
Hunter Pain Specialists - Pain Physicians - Dr Marc Russo, Dr William Volschenk, Dr Cilian Suiter
91 Chatham St, Broadmeadow. 2292
Phone: 4985 1800
Fax: 4940 0322
E-mail: admin@hunterpainspecialists.com.au
Web site: https://hunterpainspecialists.com.au/
Innervate Pain Management - Pain Psychologists, Physiotherapists and Exercise Physiologist
Phone: 49851869
Fax: 0249400322
91 Chatham St, Broadmeadow. 2292
E-mail: reception@2innervate.com.au
Web site: innervate.com.au
Northern Intergrated Pain Management
Suite 3 / 20 Smith Street Charlestown. 2290
Phone: 02 4923 8900
Fax: 02 4947 8991
E-mail: info@nipm.com.au
Web site: https://www.newcastlepainmanagement.com.au/
Pain Physicians - Dr Simon Tame, Dr John Prickett, Dr Hasher Kadavil, Dr Steve Bruce
Exercise Physiologists - Phil Rees, Mitch Bowd
Psychologists - Dr Mike Shelley, Suzanne Osei, Justine Clark
5) Resources:
Andrew Hubermann / Sean Mackey - Chronic Pain Tools - 3 hour YouTube video
Brainman Videos including:
Understanding Pain and What to do About it in Less Than 5 Minutes
Understanding Pain: Brainman Chooses
Understanding Pain: Brainman Stops His Opioids