Interactive online information session for patients awaiting medial branch block (MBB) treatment. The Specialist Pain Team will explain persistent pain, outline the MBB procedure, and introduce coping strategies shown to improve treatment outcomes. The session is led by pain nurses and allied health professionals.
All sessions are held on Microsoft Teams. Select a date below to register for a session.
Useful resources
NHS – 10 Ways to Ease Pain
A clear NHS overview of practical, evidence‑based strategies to help people manage persistent pain, including physical activity, pacing, sleep, and psychological approaches.
Live Well With Pain
A comprehensive UK pain self‑management website developed with clinicians, offering practical tools, worksheets, videos, and guidance to support living well with persistent pain.
Flippin’ Pain
An award‑winning public health campaign that explains pain using modern pain science, helping people understand why pain persists and how this knowledge can support recovery.
Why Things Hurt – Lorimer Moseley (Video)
An accessible short video explaining how pain works from a contemporary neuroscience perspective, aimed at reducing fear and improving understanding of persistent pain.
Pain Concern
A UK charity providing information, helplines, podcasts, and peer support for people living with pain and those who care for them.
Action on Pain
A UK charity offering support, advocacy, and pain management programmes to help people improve quality of life while living with chronic pain.
Headspace
A popular mindfulness and meditation app that can support stress reduction, emotional regulation, sleep, and coping with ongoing pain.
Anna Freud Centre – Distraction Techniques (Children & Young People)
Practical, age‑appropriate distraction and self‑care strategies designed to help children and young people cope with distress, including pain and anxiety.