Chronic Pain Self-Management

The Chronic Pain Self-Management Program is a six-week, 2 hour each week, workshop that provides knowledge and information, teaches skills that people can use to manage chronic pain, gives people greater confidence in their ability to manage chronic pain and helps improve the quality of life. The program covers:

• Chronic pain myths

• Acute vs. chronic pain

• Pain and symptom cycles

• Physical activity and exercise routines

• Pacing: balancing activity and rest

• Breathing and muscle relaxation

• Coping with difficult emotions

• Fatigue and sleep management

• Guided imagery, visualization and distraction

• Working with Health Care Team

• Medication for chronic pain

• Depression and positive thinking

• Making informed treatment decisions

• Moving Easy Program

This program was designed specifically for individuals experiencing chronic musculoskeletal pain, including but not limited to: chronic neck, shoulder, back pain, fibromyalgia, whiplash injuries, chronic regional pain syndromes, repetitive strain injury, chronic pelvic pain, post-surgical pain that lasts beyond 6 months, neuropathic pain, (often caused by trauma) neuralgias, (such as post-herpetic pain and trigeminal neuralgia) post stroke and central pain.