Websites
Pain mechanisms/management
Excellent short 1-minute lessons on persistent pain
Excellent local website with information and videos on mechanisms of pain, pain conditions and management strategies.
Pain educational website set up by Prof. Lorimer Moseley and University of South Australia. Many links to useful educational resources.
UK website with information on pain self-management developed by Pete Moore from is personal experience of dealing with persistent pain
Nutrition/Weight loss
Nutrition, Weight Loss and Metabolic Health website set up by Dr Michael Mosley and researches from Oxford University.
Smoking cessation
Australian Department of Health - How to quit smoking
Videos
Brainman series
Short videos created by Hunter Integrated Pain Service
Understanding pain in less that 5 minutes
Understanding pain: Brainman chooses
Understanding pain: Brainman stops his opioids
Understanding the complexity of pain
Pain, Your Brain and the Amazing Protectormeter
Educational lecture from Professor Lorimer Moseley (world renowned physiotherapist and neuroscientist and pain researcher) on neurobiology of pain processing and perception. Longer (approximately 1 1/2 hours, although quite entertaining and humorous) video, may be better to watch in blocks.
Chronic Pain: Is it all in their head?
Don't be put off by the title, this is an excellent patient education lecture on mechanisms of fibromyalgia and centralised pain by world renowned expert Dr Daniel Clauw. Longer (nearly 2 hours) video, may be better to be watched in blocks.
Online Courses
Free online pain-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) course run by Macquarie University in Sydney.
This Way Up - Chronic Pain Reboot
Online Chronic Pain self management course run through University of New South Wales and St Vincents Hospital in Sydney.