Resources

You need resources to be your own best advocate. As many of you have heard after seeing numerous healthcare providers, “There is nothing more we can do for you except to manage your medications.”

RESOURCES

Please use these resources for your specific issue. By doing research, you will find out that you are not alone. Support is available even when you feel ready to give up!

If you don’t see your disease listed, please let me know because I will continue to add more. Email: gail@thrivewithchronicpain.com or use my Contact page.

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Resources exist for most diseases. In order for you to reduce your persistent pain, you need information. The more data you have, the more you can work with your doctor and health care professionals.

Here is a 5-minute video of how the US Pain Foundation’s Resources helped me understand Trigeminal Neuralgia.

Organizations, Foundations, and Associations

Let me know of additional resources you want to include because this list will continue to grow. Email: gail@thrivewithchronicpain.com or my Contact page.

ARTHRITIS

• Arthritis Foundation 
• Osteoarthritis Action Coalition
• Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Network

BONE AND JOINT

• National Osteoporosis Foundation
• United States Bone and Joint Initiative 

CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SITES

• American Chronic Pain Association
• Johns Hopkins Medicine 
• NOI Group – Evidence-based multimedia resources for the treatment of chronic pain
• Persistent Pain Toolkit – Providence Health and Services
• PubMed – US Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Here’s an article to get you started. How does distraction work in the management of Pain?
• YouTube.com – Watch Lorimer Mosley’s “Why Things Hurt” for great information on the new understanding of pain.

FACIAL PAIN

• The Facial Pain Association
• The TMJ Association, Ltd.

FIBROMYALGIA

National Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Association  

GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS

International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders

MIGRAINES/HEADACHES

• American Migraine Foundation
• Migraine.com
• US Pain Foundation

PELVIC FLOOR DISORDERS

• Pelvic Floor Disorders Network

RARE DISORDERS

NORD – National Association for Rare Disorders 

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THYROID DISEASE

American Thyroid Association

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VULVODYNIA PAIN

National Vulvodynia Association

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Search the Internet for your disease/syndrome and you will find an organization to support you.

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This list will continue to grow so return here often. Please send me the credible resources that you would like to have added to gail@thrivewithchronicpain.com or use my Contact page.

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Gail Sinclair, MHt, CNC is a hypnotherapist who helps those living with chronic pain go from discomfort to thriving by using hypnosis, pain management tools and resources.

She is a Master Hypnotherapist, Nutritional Consultant, and a Reiki Master Teacher. She has over 20 years in healing work and is an international award-winning speaker.

Gail lives in Portland, OR with her delightful husband, son, and cat. She can be found cooking, knitting, writing, and figuring out new ways to thrive with Trigeminal, and Occipital Neuralgia.

You can reach her at gailthriveswithchronicpain@gmail.com.