Pain topics

Everyone experiences pain, but not everyone's experience of pain is the same. Pain can last for a short period or it can be ongoing, lasting weeks, months or years. Sometimes it is severe, other times it is mild. Learning about different types of pain and what can be done to manage them can help reduce the impact pain has on your life.

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What is pain?
Types of pain
Where is your pain?
Ways to describe and document your pain
Pain relief medications
Pain relief creams, gels and rubs
Non-medicine treatments for pain
Pain team
Acute pain
Chronic pain | Mamaenga roa
Abdominal pain
Back pain
Chest pain
Cancer pain
Neck pain
Nerve pain
Phantom pain
Pain after surgery
Pain after shingles
Shoulder pain
Painful periods
Pain management apps
Pain support