Description:Learning how to manage pain so that you can get on with living a satisfying fulfilling life can represent a daily challenge for those faced with chronic pain.
The Chronic Pain Self Management Program is a workshop given two and half hours, once a week, for six weeks, in community settings such as senior centers, churches, libraries, and hospitals. Workshops are facilitated by two trained leaders, one or both of who are peers with chronic pain themselves.
Each participant is the workshop receives a copy of the companion books, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, 4th edition and Chronic Pain Workbook.
Subjects Covered include:
1.) techniques t deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, isolation and poor sleep.
2.) appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength
3.) appropriate use of medications
4.) communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals
5.) nutrition
6.) pacing activity and rest and
7.) how to evaluate new treatments.
It is the process in which the program is taught that makes if effective. Classes are highly participative, where mutual support and success build the participants confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives.