Understanding chronic pain
- Pain is a personal construct. You know it is going to hurt. Professor Mick Thacker talks about latest understanding in pain science in this informative TEDx talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXvR9zXpsYg
- How pain works. Physiotherapist Jackie Walumbe and Clinical Psychologist Dr Katy Bradbury use this animated video to explain how pain works: including the impact of pain, the difference between acute and chronic pain and the integrated physical, psychological and social influences on pain. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B14_2TS7RHM&feature=youtu.be
- Tame the beast is an animated video narrated by Professor Lorimer Moseley. The video aims to increase the viewers understanding of persistent pain in a visually stimulating way: https://youtu.be/ikUzvSph7Z4
- Why do we hurt? Engaging and humorous TEDx talk by Professor Lorimer Moseley answering the question: https://youtu.be/gwd-wLdIHjs
- Explaining persistent pain in 5 mins. Whiteboard explainer video: https://youtu.be/C_3phB93rvI
- Everyone experiences pain -- but why do some people react to the same painful stimulus in different ways? And what exactly is pain, anyway? Karen D. Davis walks you through your brain on pain, illuminating why the “pain experience” differs from person to person. https://youtu.be/I7wfDenj6CQ
- Three pain scientists talk about pain: Professor Lorimer Moseley, Dr David Butler and Dr Tasha Stanton answer common questions about pain. https://youtu.be/B6HKdZYylWs
- Common low back pain myths: Professor Peter O’Sullivan uses real patient interviews and stories to debunk common myths about back pain. https://youtu.be/dlSQLUE4brQ
- The use of psychology in managing pain (Part 1. Prof. Tamar Pincus explains the interaction between thoughts (cognitions), mood and sensory information to combine to inform the pain experience. The information in this video is framed within a GP consultation. https://youtu.be/N7vRyCW2XS0
- Patient experience talks. How can you live well with chronic pain. Dr Bronnie Thompson talks about ways to live well with pain. https://youtu.be/s8LNeq-lYfU
- Dr Sophie explains chronic pain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-_pL15H10A
- The Retrain Pain Foundation is an excellent resource with a number of quick, engaging materials around the topic of persistent pain. It has translated the material into a number of different languages. https://www.retrainpain.org/
- Pain concern - provides support for those with pain and their carers, and has factsheets and leaflets on different aspects of chronic pain and self-management. It also contains Airing Pain, a series of regular podcasts on living with pain, which can be downloaded for free. www.painconcern.org.uk
- Pain explained book version. https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/application/files/1817/1777/2750/explain-pain-booklet-aug-20-read-from-screen-version.pdf
Page last reviewed: 14 April 2026
Page created: 14 April 2026
Page created: 14 April 2026