Treatment Strategies and Aims
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Education - understanding chronic pain and the strategies and techniques that will help you manage it
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Address lifestyle factors - identify your personal risk and protective factors and assist you in implementing changes
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Improve sleep hygiene
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Nutrition and supplements - ensuring you are nourishing your body to decrease inflammation and aid healing
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Movement/exercise - improving mobility, flexibilty, strength and endurance without flaring pain
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Stress management - identifying triggers and finding ways to neutralise them as well as learning healthier coping mechanisms
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Mindfulness/meditation practice/breathing - learning ways to calm your nervous system
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Gratitude journaling - helping you identify what brings you joy and fulfillment
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Goal setting - identifying what you wish to achieve and be able to do
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Pacing and graded exposure - building tolerance towards your desired outcomes/goals; breaking down large goals into manageable pieces. Gradually increasing your activities and involvement in life
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Support self efficacy - assisting you to believe in your ability to be in control of your well-being - moving the focus from what is wrong to what can be right
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Developing problem-solving strategies - what will help you cope with your pain
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Resilience work - enabling you to overcome challenges as they arise
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Shift balance of care from being a passive, dependant patient to being an empowered, engaged and educated patient
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Provide support and guidance to help you make positive change
This programme aims to improve your function and decrease your suffering. It can help you become the best version of yourself both physically and mentally.
This programme is for you if you :
- have pain every day
- feel frustrated and isolated and don't know where to turn
- have goals but don't know how to stay on track
- want to learn new ideas and strategies
- want to take control of your life
This programme is not for you if you :
- are looking for a quick fix
- want someone else to do all the hard work
- are unwilling to make changes
