May I be kind to myself in this moment. May I give myself the compassion I need.

youngpainHEALTH.com is a wonderful website designed to help young people in chronic musculoskeletal pain. There are great articles on different conditions and management strategies. It was created as a collaboration between Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Researchers and people with lived experience.

Dr Gabor Maté, leading Physician on childhood trauma discusses its link with mental and physical illnesses in this short talk "The Role of Trauma in illness".

Professor Lorimer Moseley explores how pain is our bodies' way of protecting us from damaging tissues further. He also looks at what this might mean for those who suffer from chronic pain. An entertaining and well-explained TEDx talk "Why Things Hurt".