Pain Myths & Facts E-Book
Evidence-based insights that debunk the common pain myths that stand in the way of good care and positive coping.
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About This Resource
To control something, you need to understand how it works. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of outdated thinking about pain floating around that can create barriers to good care and positive coping skills. It turns out that what kids, parents, and providers think they know about pain can sometimes hold us back from making things better. Thanks to research, we now actually know better! So let’s dispel these misconceptions with accurate, evidence-based information and brighten things up with some solid facts.
How To Use This Resource
Check out and/or download the eBook to learn about the various pain myths and facts. Read this blog post to learn the dangers of these pain myths.
Who Is This For
This resource is designed for patients and their families, as well as healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, child life specialists, and phlebotomists. It is a great accessible way to challenge beliefs around pain that can get in the way of positive coping and good treatment. Providers can utilize this resource to enhance collaboration and empower their patients with reliable information.
Blog Post
Pain Myths And Facts: How Bad Information Hurts Us All (Literally…)
Knowing the facts instead of the misconceptions can open up opportunities to avoid a whole lot of unnecessary suffering, for you, for your family (and for your patients if you are one of those amazing healthcare providers we love!).
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Understanding Pain Handout
Knowing how pain works is key to learning how to prevent and manage it. This handout breaks it all down to make it easier for patients and providers.
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Pain Myth & Fact Poster
This poster busts popular myths about managing pain with real facts backed by evidence. It's a handy resource for healthcare providers and families, helping everyone understand what really works for effective pain management.
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Provider ToolKit
This interactive eBook makes it easy to learn all the ways our free pain management resources can be used to make life easier for you and your patients.
A Note About Keeping This Free
Good pain care should be a right, not a privilege.
We’ve spent our careers treating pain and medical anxiety, and we know that comfort and control come from putting the power where it belongs: in your hands. Everything here is free and open source by design. No parent should have to pay to learn how to get their child through a vaccine or a bad headache. No provider should have to hunt for what they need to do their job well. Hundreds of thousands of people have used Meg tools, and not one of them has ever been asked to pay.
But free still costs something.
We rely on the generosity of people like you to keep it that way. It takes about 1 in 30 of us, each giving $15 a month, to keep these tools available for free. If they helped you and you’re able, $15 a month keeps these resources available the next time you or another family need them.
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