Pain Concern

Pain Concern Pain Concern is a UK-based charity working to improve the lives of people living with pain and those who care for them.

01/06/2026

Happy Volunteers’ Week 🎉💜

Here Cathy Price, co-chair of the board of trustees at Pain Concern, thanks our incredible volunteers.

We couldn’t do it without them.

While pain is a universal human experience, the occurrence, impact and treatment of chronic pain are not experienced equ...
27/05/2026

While pain is a universal human experience, the occurrence, impact and treatment of chronic pain are not experienced equally

We explore these inequalities in a groundbreaking issue guest-edited by Cassandra Macgregor and Blair H. Smith, bringing together researchers, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience from all over the world

👉 Read Pain Matters 90 now pocketmags.com/pain-matters-magazine/90

Curious about mindfulness and how it can help manage your pain?Next week! A free, drop-in mindfulness session:💻 Online📅 ...
26/05/2026

Curious about mindfulness and how it can help manage your pain?

Next week! A free, drop-in mindfulness session:

💻 Online
📅 Monday June 1st
⏱️ 7–8pm

All sessions are led by Cath Ashby, an accredited mindfulness teacher who first discovered the practice through an NHS Pain Clinic

👉 For more info & to book go to painconcern.org.uk/free-mindfulness-courses-2025-26/

You do know music can help provide pain relief, don’t you?Telling a loved one to listen to music to ease their pain, wel...
25/05/2026

You do know music can help provide pain relief, don’t you?

Telling a loved one to listen to music to ease their pain, well this might seem a tad facile to the recipient.

Yet research shows that music isn’t just a positive form of distraction from pain. Both the anticipation and actuality of listening to music can release natural opioids in the brain, which can help reduce pain.

In one study, participants listened to music while holding a hand in icy cold water. Not only did music prolong the time this could be tolerated, but there was even more benefit if the student had chosen the music themselves.

It is widely accepted further research needs to be done, but perhaps music can soon become an established part of a person’s pain relief toolkit.

👉 Read Pain Matters 63 today to find out more pocketmags.com/pain-matters-magazine/63

Remember, a digital subscription gives full access to our back catalogue!

🎧 Find more on this topic in our Airing Pain podcasts
episode 11: painconcern.org.uk/airing-pain-programme-11-music-and-knitting/
and 74: painconcern.org.uk/airing-pain-programme-74-music/

Learn more about pain and what you can do for yourself at a free education session.🤝 A unique partnership with the NHS⭐ ...
25/05/2026

Learn more about pain and 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

👉 Everything you need to know at https://painconcern.org.uk/pain-education-sessions-funding/

Chronic pain is heavily stigmatisedThis largely stems from the subjective nature of pain – because it is ‘invisible’ and...
22/05/2026

Chronic pain is heavily stigmatised

This largely stems from the subjective nature of pain – because it is ‘invisible’ and can’t be measured objectively, people often experience doubt and mistrust from friends, family and healthcare professionals

Structural stigma appears in society’s policies and dominant cultural norms. In Pain Matters 90, Brooke Magel and Daniel Z. Buchman from the University of Toronto look at how this kind of stigma affects people with chronic pain – and how it might be reduced

👉 Read now pocketmags.com/pain-matters-magazine/90

📣 Drop-in session at Craigmillar Library📆 Tues May 26th🕝 Pop by any time 11:00–13:00Not local to Craigmillar? Call our f...
20/05/2026

📣 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

Craigmillar Medical Group

Niddrie Medical Practice

The City of Edinburgh Council

The Edinburgh Crisis Centre

VOCAL Edinburgh

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

LifeCare Edinburgh

iThrive Edinburgh

Sandys Community Centre

It is unfortunately quite common for people in pain to be told by others (family, colleagues, healthcare professionals) ...
20/05/2026

It is unfortunately quite common for people in pain to be told by others (family, colleagues, healthcare professionals) that it must be ‘all in the mind’

UCL Professor Amanda C de C Williams gives some tips on how you can respond in issue 90 of Pain Matters

This issue also explores pain dismissal from the lived-experience perspective, and contextualises the problem with a feature from the University of Toronto on the structural stigmatisation of chronic pain

👉 Read now pocketmags.com/pain-matters-magazine/90

A walk that makes a difference – Aberdeen event in just a few weeks!Join thousands across Scotland and help raise vital ...
18/05/2026

A walk that makes a difference – Aberdeen event in just a few weeks!

Join thousands across Scotland and help raise vital funds for people living with chronic pain.

Other events coming up...
📍 Dundee – 16th Aug
📍 Edinburgh – 13th Sep

Whether you choose the Mighty Stride, Big Stroll or Wee Wander, every step you take can help Pain Concern provide information, support and hope to those affected by pain.

How to get involved
1️⃣ Sign up for your chosen Kiltwalk event
2️⃣ Select Pain Concern as your chosen charity
3️⃣ Start fundraising and spread the word
4️⃣ Put on your tartan and enjoy an unforgettable day!

👉 Register at thekiltwalk.co.uk

Address

62-66 Newcraighall Road Unit 1-3
Edinburgh
EH153HS

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

Website

https://linktr.ee/PainConcern

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