Live Well with Pain is a trusted, free online resource designed to help people living with persistent pain develop new skills and approaches for self-management. Our website offers a wide range of tools, guides, and interactive programmes, all co-produced by healthcare professionals and people with lived experience of pain.
Our resources are tried and tested and are regularly used across the NHS to support self-management. Whether you are a person living with pain, a carer, or a healthcare professional, you’ll find practical advice and support to help you or those you care for live well, despite pain.
- Ten Footsteps Programme: An accredited, 12-hour programme for practitioners, based on core self-management themes. It helps build confidence and skills for supporting people with pain.
- Shortcuts: Quick tips for common challenges such as sleep, reducing pain medication, becoming more active, communicating with your doctor, and managing low mood.
- Nutrition and Pain: Specially designed nutrition tips, recipes, and a self-assessment tool to help you improve your diet and wellbeing.
- Health and Wellbeing Check: An interactive tool to help you understand your pain, identify obstacles, and set goals for improving your quality of life.
- Training for Practitioners: Courses and workshops to develop skills in guiding people to self-manage pain, including person-centred approaches and practical strategies for reducing reliance on medication.
All resources are completely free to use. We encourage you to explore our site, try our tools, and connect with others on your self-management journey.
Who is it for? Anyone living with persistent pain, carers, clinicians, social prescribers, and other practitioners.
Access: All resources are available online, with no registration required. Practitioner training and conferences may require booking and payment.
Cost: All online resources are free. Practitioner training and conferences may have a fee (e.g., £105 for the Footsteps to Change conference).
Get started today and discover new ways to live well with pain.