Pain Concern

🎉 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

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 pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m… #MusicTherapy #PainRelief

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 👉 painconcern.org.uk/pain-education…

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. 👉 pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m…

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 pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m…

📣 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 @NHS_Lothian @Edinburgh_CC @EdinburghHSCP @VOCALEdinburgh @CraigmillarMed1

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 👉 painconcern.org.uk/pain-education…

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 👣 👉 thekiltwalk.co.uk #Kiltwalk2026 #PainConcern

🏃‍♀️ Leicester Festival 10K or half marathon on Sunday 11 October 💜 Run for those living with chronic pain & help make a difference More info: ow.ly/KnTN50Z05f9 📧 fundraising@painconcern.org.uk #RunLeicester #HalfMarathon #10K

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 pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m… #SupportGroups #Pain

‘I’m running to show that life with chronic pain can still move forward’ A huge well done to Kieran Hinsley, who has just completed the Milton Keynes Marathon 🗞️ Read Kieran's story at painconcern.org.uk/kieran-to-run-… 💜 Show your support at justgiving.com/page/kieranhin…

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 👉 painconcern.org.uk/pain-education…

We're looking forward to attending the Glasgow Community Health Event tomorrow. The event, open to everyone, will offer a wide range of health and wellbeing support, as well as some employability organisations specialising in helping customers with health conditions.

💜 It’s #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek Chronic pain can bring about difficult thoughts and feelings. Explore free support: 📖 Pain Matters 89 ow.ly/T0vO50YXo4q 🧠 Pain Education Sessions ow.ly/rLo850YXo4y Our helpline 📞 0300 123 0789 📧 help@painconcern.org.uk

Turn your steps into something powerful and take on a Kiltwalk. From Wee Wanders to Mighty Strides, there’s a distance for everyone. 📍Aberdeen Jun 7, Dundee Aug 16, Edinburgh Sep 13. 💸 Entry just £20. Sign up via thekiltwalk.co.uk and choose Pain Concern as your charity.

New in-person Pain Management session for North Ayrshire. Held on last Thursday of each month in Ardrossan Library. Book on Eventbrite: ow.ly/jSFr50Y8ivb ow.ly/j6gH50Y8iva @NACLibraries @NHSaaa #NorthAyrshire #ArdrossanLibrary #CommunityHealth

8-week mindfulness course Weekly guided sessions with at-home practices 💻 Free & online 📅 Tuesdays 6–8pm, Jul 21–Sep 8 🤝 Follow-up session one month later (Sep 29) Book now at #organizer-card" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-online-…

Make your steps this July count ☀️ Support Pain Concern by taking on the Great Run Summer Challenge: complete 12 runs or walks across the month, at any distance, at any pace 💙 Sign up at greatrun.org/virtual-runnin… 📧 Questions to fundraising@painconcern.org.uk

How can exercise flare-up be avoided? We answer this and more in a very special FREE issue of Pain Matters, which gathers expert advice on all the key issues Activity, mood, medicines, sleep... read now at pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m…

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 👉 painconcern.org.uk/pain-education…

Clinical evidence tells us that movement is key for pain relief. Experts Dr Cathy Stannard & Chris Davis explain how exercise not only helps pain but also fosters a togetherness in issue 88 of Pain Matters magazine 👉 pocketmags.com/pain-matters-m… #ChronicPain #Exercise