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painHEALTH

painHEALTH‘s aim is to help health consumers with musculoskeletal pain access reliable, evidence-based information and tips to assist in the co-management of musculoskeletal pain.

The painHEALTH website includes:

  • useful information, best practice treatment and self-management options, about the most common musculoskeletal conditions including:
    • low back pain
    • neck pain
    • Osteoarthritis
    • Rheumatoid Arthritis
    • Osteoporosis
    • Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
    • Fibromyalgia
    • Ankylosing Spondylitis
  • handy resources for actively managing pain, such as YouTube clips, audio files and downloadable FAQs and information to assist with staying physically and mentally well
  • real-life stories from people about how they manage their musculoskeletal pain and remain engaged in life and work
  • pain self-check tools to help screen for risk factors for chronic pain, neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome or serious medical conditions
  • interviews with leading health professionals on how to best treat and manage musculoskeletal pain
  • information about where to seek help in Western Australia

It was developed through the Department of Health, Western Australia in collaboration with Curtin University, University of Western Australia and the Musculoskeletal Health Network.

The website is supported by the Australian Pain Society and the Australian Physiotherapy Association.

This website initiative aligns with policy frameworks and musculoskeletal Models of Care developed by the Musculoskeletal Health Network. as well as other strategic frameworks for musculoskeletal health, such as the National Pain Strategy. The project also aligns with recommendations from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), including the Declaration of Montreal.

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Last reviewed: October 2019

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Pain Conditions - painHEALTH

Clinically supported, in-depth information about a range of musculoskeletal pain conditions to help you better understand your musculoskeletal pain

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Pain Management - painHEALTH

Learn how to co-manage your muscularskeletal pain conditions through our range of evidence-based pain management tools, advice, tips and skills

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About Pain - Pain Management - painHEALTH

Learn about pain to understand what it is, how it is triggered and how you can work through your pain to identify the right co-management treatment plan

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Ankylosing Spondylitis - Pain Conditions - painHEALTH

Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) as a muscularskeletal pain condition to identify how you can approach AS in your co-management treatment plan

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Approaching Pain - Pain Management - painHEALTH

Learn various ways in which we can approach pain to take control of how our body reacts to musculoskeletal pain with the goal to form a co-management plan

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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Pain Conditions - painHEALTH

Learn about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as a musculoskeletal pain condition to identify how you can approach CRPS in your co-management treatment plan

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Fibromyalgia - Pain Conditions - painHEALTH

Learn about Fibromyalgia as a muscularskeletal pain condition to identify how you can approach Fibromyalgia in your co-management treatment plan

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Low Back Pain - Pain Conditions - painHEALTH

Learn about low back pain as a musculoskeletal pain condition to identify how you can approach low back pain in your co-management treatment plan

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Making Sense of Pain - Pain Management - painHEALTH

Learn how to make sense of pain to identify what types of pain you experience and how to approach and co-manage your pain through parts of the pain jigsaw

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Medicines and Procedures - Pain Management - painHEALTH

Learn about the various types of medicines and procedures that are available that may be able to form part of your musculoskeletal pain management plan

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