How can I help myself if I have pain?

Managing pain at home

For information about how you can self-manage musculoskeletal pain, visit the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy's webpage for managing pain at home

On this page you will self management resources for:

• Back pain
• Neck pain
• Shoulder pain
• Elbow pain
• Hand pain
• Hip pain
• Knee pain
• Ankle pain
• Foot pain

If you have persistent pain, you may find the following webpages helpful:

• My Live Well With Pain - a free website with excellent resources for coping with persistent pain
• Pain Concern - a charity that produces useful leaflets, podcasts and magazines for people with pain

Please also see the following websites for lists of resources to help with:

• Increasing physical activity levels
• Improving healthy living

Our getUBetter support app

Our getUBetter app guides you day-by-day through exercises and gives you tips to help you get better from a range of problems, including:

• Lower back pain
• Back and leg pain
• Neck Pain
• Shoulder pain
• Ankle pain
• Knee pain
• Soft tissue lower limb
• Hip pain