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Patient & Caregiver Resources - Pain
There are two major types of pain: acute and chronic. Acute pain is usually due to an injury, surgery or cancer and serves to protect us. When tissue is damaged, free nerve endings in your skin send signals to your brain via your spinal cord. Your brain then sends signals to your body to respond to pain, such as removing your burning finger from a hot stove.*
Chronic pain is pain that persists over three months, beyond when an injury should have healed. It is important to understand that chronic pain is not just a continuation of acute pain. Unlike acute pain, which alerts your body to injury, chronic pain serves no purpose.*
Information Sheets / Guides
- Depression Medications for Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Evaluation and Management of Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Exercising with Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Gaining Control of Your Pain - Click here
Source: Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario - How to Stretch - Click to download
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Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Living Well with Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Managing Constipation - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Opioids and Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Treating Pain without Pain Pills - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health - Using Medications for Persistent Pain - Click to download
Source: The Centre for Studies in Aging & Health
Advocacy Organizations
- ACTION Ontario for People with Neuropathic Pain - Click here
- Canadian Pain Coalition - Click here
- Chronic Pain Association of Canada - Click here
Support Groups
- Canadian Pain Coalition - Pain Clinics in Ontario - Click here
Other Links
- Canadian Pain Coalition - Management of Chronic Pain - Click here
- Canadian Pain Coalition - Pain Resource Centre - Click here
*Source: Canadian Pain Coalition