Shared Reading and Chronic Pain

Participants in Shared Reading groups say that the experience helps them feel better, lifts their mood, or benefits their mental health. But what about physical problems – can Shared Reading help with them too? The Reader Podcast spoke to Helen Cook, who has been part of a long-running Shared Reading group for people living with chronic pain, to learn what Shared Reading means to her.  

Links: 

More information about chronic pain: Chronic Pain on NHS website; The British Pain Society; charity Pain Concern 

Potiki by Patricia Grace 

More about Shared Reading 

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