Welcome to the Pain Navigator website! Based on research and input from children and young people, we have created a resource to support aged 8-18 year olds in managing their pain and their feelings about it, and taking the mystery away from using primary care. www.painnavigator.co.uk

1st paper from @campainstudy.bsky.social published! Prevalence of primary care consultations for musculoskeletal pain in a denominator population of over 4 million children & young people. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #KeeleMSK @kayleighmason.bsky.social

Trends of musculoskeletal pain in children and young people consulting primary care: an electronic primary health care record study - BMC Pediatrics

BMC Pediatrics - Pain in childhood is common, but there is an information gap on initial care seeking. Our aim was to determine trends and variations in the consultation prevalence and incidence of...

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Fantastic paper from the @campainstudy.bsky.social programme. Absolutely huge epidemiological study of consultation patterns of children and young people with musculoskeletal pain in the UK. Very important new info in a wildly under-researched area. Read read read!

Kate Dunn@katemdunn.bsky.social · 8mo ago

1st paper from @campainstudy.bsky.social published! Prevalence of primary care consultations for musculoskeletal pain in a denominator population of over 4 million children & young people. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #KeeleMSK @kayleighmason.bsky.social

@campainstudy.bsky.social findings published! Prevalence of childhood musculoskeletal pain in Swedish primary care. Many consultations coded as unspecified pain sites, with back pain the most common specific site recorded #KeeleMSK www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in primary care – a study on Swedish children and young people

Musculoskeletal pain is a common complaint among children and young people, and primary care services are typically the first contact when seeking med…

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📢 NEW PAPER Back pain in young people often recurs and is managed with analgesia and referrals Management differed by socioeconomic status and ethnicity, with need for evidence-based approaches and equitable access to specialist care @campainstudy.bsky.social @katemdunn.bsky.social rdcu.be/e8e6Q

New paper from @campainstudy.bsky.social - there is substantial variation in primary care analgesia prescribing & referrals for back pain in children & young people, with inequities by deprivation & ethnicity #LBP #KeeleMSK rdcu.be/e8yhX @arthritisuk.bsky.social

Kayleigh Mason@kayleighmason.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 NEW PAPER Back pain in young people often recurs and is managed with analgesia and referrals Management differed by socioeconomic status and ethnicity, with need for evidence-based approaches and equitable access to specialist care @campainstudy.bsky.social @katemdunn.bsky.social rdcu.be/e8e6Q

We at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social are looking for people aged 8-25 to help with our research into pain children and young people have in their joints and muscles! It's fun, interesting and of huge help to a lot of people. As a bonus we'll pay you for your time! Please do get in touch.

Participants needed! Are you aged 5-19?  Have you had/do you have chronic pain? Please get in touch to take part in our study exploring the impact of pain conversations with healthcare professionals! Interested? More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/CHAMP-interviews

Your Voice Matters: Living with Chronic Pain, Sharping the Future of Research. An incredible film created at @keeleuniversity.bsky.social, sharing real stories from people who live with long-term pain. They talk about what it’s like and how taking part in health research can help make things better.

Your Voice Matters: Living with Chronic Pain, Shaping the Future of Research

YouTube video by Keele Impact Accelerator Unit

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UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!

UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!

UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!

UK-based healthcare professionals, we need your help designing resources to help children and young people manage musculoskeletal pain and get better use out of primary care. @campainstudy are running an e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8... 10 minute survey, spread the word!

Are you a UK healthcare professional with experience managing children and young people with musculoskeletal pain? Your insights can help us designing resources to help children and young people manage their pain. Interested? Click: forms.office.com/e/8... 1/3

#ISPP2025 make your way to poster 66 to find out about @campainstudy.bsky.social insights into views on care needs for children and young people with MSK pain!

@campainstudy.bsky.social we’re in business at @iasp.bsky.social #ISPP2025

We're still looking for clinicians who manage MSK pain in children & young ppl to take part in our E-Delphi study to help us develop resources for young ppl with #MSK #pain. If you're able to complete our brief survey it would be greatly appreciated 👇👇 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Dr Benjamin Saunders@saunders14.bsky.social · last yr.

We're still looking for clinicians who manage MSK pain in children & young ppl to take part in our E-Delphi study to help us develop resources for young ppl with #MSK #pain. If you're able to complete our brief survey it would be greatly appreciated 👇👇 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Thanks to all the healthcare professionals who have already taken part in our studies! You can still help us design resources to help children and young people manage their musculoskeletal pain. It's as easy as clicking here (and then taking a 5-10 minute survey): forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr

Do you manage children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Do you have 10mins for a few questions on self-management resources for CYP with MSK pain? Give your opinions in our e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr Funders: @nihr.bsky.social @versusarthritis.bsky.social #KeeleMSK

We're very much looking forward to presenting the findings of our interview/focus group study at @iasp.bsky.social ISPP in Glasgow in a couple of weeks! We'll also be presenting our research in Cardiff for the @sapc.ac.uk ASM in July.

UK healthcare professionals who have encountered musculoskeletal pain in children and young people, we need you! We're developing free resources to help children and young people manage their pain and your opinions could help. Interested? Click: tinyurl.com/2bnzskn6 Info below

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? The CAM-Pain study @keeleuniversity.bsky.social would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Can you help by answering a few questions? We'd love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. #KeeleMSK forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr

We have an upcoming meeting on 10th April to get the opinions on our proposed resources for children & young people with musculoskeletal aches & pains. We are looking for UK healthcare professionals in particular. Please get in touch if you can help. #KeeleMSK @campainstudy.bsky.social

Kate Dunn@katemdunn.bsky.social · last yr.

Are you a UK healthcare professional who works with children & young people? We have new resources to help young people with Aches & Pains and we would like your opinions. Sound interesting? Get in touch by emailing: health.iau@keele.ac.uk @campainstudy.bsky.social #KeeleMSK

Are you a UK healthcare professional who works with children & young people? We have new resources to help young people with Aches & Pains and we would like your opinions. Sound interesting? Get in touch by emailing: health.iau@keele.ac.uk @campainstudy.bsky.social #KeeleMSK

CAM-Pain’s conquest of the internet continues. Have now created @campainstudy@mastodon.social on Mastodon, for those who prefer to wander the forests of the Fediverse.

UK primary care HCPs and AHPs, we at Keele are working on info and management resources for children and young people with musculoskeletal pain and we'd love to hear your thoughts on it! If this is an area of interest, please get in touch! research.campainstudy@keele.ac.uk

UK #primarycare GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists and more, we need your voices! We're developing info resources to help children & young people manage #MSKpain and need your help with the prioritisation and design. Further details in thread: