PAIN MANAGEMENT

Training & Support Classes

Sampling of Topics:

What I would say to other Pain Patients if I had 3 minutes on Oprah
Medications for Pain Management: Opportunities & Perspectives
Sleep, Glorious Sleep: Sleep Hygiene and Pain Management
Those Emergencies Prepared for Rarely Happen
Exercise Prescription and Pain Management
Pain & Suffering: What’s the Difference?
Phoenix Rising: A Model for Coping
The Patient - Physician Relationship
Disability: My Possession or Me?
Asking for Help: If, When, How
Pain and Family Relationships
Successful Accommodation
Pain: The School Yard Bully
Pain & Social Commitments
The Biopsychosocial Model
Hope & Pain Management
Your Emergency Tool Box
Disability & Self-Respect
Distraction Strategies
Who’s on Your Team?
Pain, Grief, and Loss
Staying Motivated
Self-Management
Pain Acceptance
Pain Behavior
Goal Setting
Resilience
Courage

Objectives:

Social Modeling
Allowing each Patient to be Heard
Apprenticeship for Effective Self-Management
Social Support / Encouragement / Sustained Motivation
Maturing as a Pain Patient: Learning anew to Contribute to Others
Skill Acquisition: Learning to Think as a Problem-Solver
Reduction of Pain, Suffering, Disability