Feature Writer - Managing Pain

We publish a lifestyle magazine aimed at disabled people and their families.

Brief

Number of words - 900

Lots of disabled people live with pain to a lesser or greater degree. We are looking for a
guide to finding ways of coping better with it.
Summary:
Pain can become overwhelming when experienced on a daily basis. Fortunately there’s a
lot of thinking going on to help people free themselves and achieve a brighter outlook.
Able Magazine continues to look at even difficult subjects from a positive perspective,
suggesting practical answers and solutions to the issues that count.
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Please include:
 Pro’s and cons of medication – such as opioids. (Cover issues such as addiction
and long term side effects.)
 Different approaches such as CBT or talking therapy, exercise, yoga, acupuncture,
meditation, massage and foodstuffs (cod liver oil) etc.
 Discuss neuromodulation and/or neurostimulation.
 Any significant studies from by respected bodies.
 Realistic prognosis of future treatments – by respected bodies.
 Signpost to useful organisations or online tools etc.
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Please note:
 Please use any relevant stats, facts or figures – but make sure that they are
properly sourced.
 Write to the reader. Our audience is primarily made up of disabled people and
their carers as well as healthcare professionals in the disability field.
 Keep it positive. For example, regarding disability, we rarely say: “Suffering
from…” when we could say “Living with…” ‘We exist to inspire our readers
and empower them with ‘answers and solutions’.
 Add any helpful information (at the end of your submission) such as telephone
numbers and web addresses of organisations relevant to the subject you have
written about. (Please no hyperlinks – they do not work in a printed publication.
Use reasonably short web URLs starting with www.)
 Add any interesting/related facts, styled to small boxouts.