Back pain
Back pain is very common and usually doesn’t have a serious cause. Learn about treatments, exercises and other ways to manage back pain.
What helps hip pain?
Hip pain is a really common problem and there are ways to help yourself with exercise and certain treatments.
Exercises for healthy joints
Try these exercises for neck, shoulders, knees, back, hips, feet, ankles, toes, wrists, fingers and hands to manage your condition and maintain healthy joints.
People with chronic pain need more support to manage their condition
We worked with the BBC on research that reveals the level and extent of people experiencing chronic pain in the UK and the use of medicines such as opioids.
Moray Chronic Pain Support Group
A peer support group for anyone that suffers chronic pain resulting from arthritis, MSK or any other condition in Moray.
Chronic pain - What are the causes and risk factors associated with high impact chronic pain?
Read about our research, which looks at what the causes and risk factors associated with high impact chronic pain are.
Unseen, Unequal and Unfair: Chronic Pain in England
The findings from our latest report – Unseen, Unequal and Unfair: Chronic Pain in England – are stark and illustrate the scale of the public health crisis.
Fibromyalgia - Investigating the role of exercise and sleep in the management of chronic pain
Learn about our research project exploring the relationships between pain, sleep and exercise in people living with chronic pain (such as Fibromyalgia).
How will our research help people living with chronic pain?
Following the biggest single investment in pain research in the UK, we have awarded funding to ultimately improve lives of those living with chronic pain.
Osteoarthritis - Using mathematical models to identify brain changes in people with chronic pain
Learn how our research aims to find ways of measuring brain changes in people with chronic pain - who have differences in how their brain filters pain.
Chronic pain - Does nerve inflammation lead to chronic pain following whiplash?
Learn more about our research into nerve inflammation and Grade 2 Whiplash Associated Disorder (WAD2) symptoms, and its progression from acute to chronic.
Researchers launch new study to tackle chronic pain in arthritis
PhD student, Michele Fresneda Alarcon and team are researching how to switch off chronic pain from rheumatoid arthritis by reprogramming cells in the body.
Beating chronic pain: the need for teamwork and listening to people with lived experience
We want to speed up the development of new treatments for chronic pain - and we want to make sure that people with arthritis are at the heart of this research.
Fibromyalgia - Developing a better way to detect overactive nerves in chronic pain
Learn about our research into developing a new technique, which senses electrical activity of multiple overactive nerves simultaneously, in chronic pain.
New guidelines for the film and TV industry on portraying chronic pain on our screens
This guidance for the TV and film industry aims to bring an increased and more accurate portrayal of chronic pain. It includes helpful tips for creating pain storylines, alongside the lived experiences of people with arthritis.