How to find support groups when you’re in chronic pain.
You are here - and that’s step 1 in your pain management journey! Finding a community that understands your condition and encourages you to keep up with your exercise routine is an important motivator. It’s also an effective way to make new habits more attractive. Here are some of the top pain management communities online, or local to you.
Meetup
Please search for a community local to you - but there are also virtual communities. A few examples:
Remember - it’s important to find a group that will help you attain your goals of getting back to doing the things you love.
If a back-pain-specific group does not float your boat, there are tons of other Meetup, Facebook, and Reddit groups where you can find low-impact activities to do with other humans. Have you ever heard of walking soccer? Or just walking groups? Anything that gets you out and about in a low-impact way will help.