Angus Self Management Course
Amanda Waugh Amanda Waugh

Angus Self Management Course

Chronic Pain is difficult to live with. It is hard to understand, you can’t see it and it varies day to day sometimes for no apparent reason. In addition to pain, people often experience frustration, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness, low mood, isolation, communication and relationship problems.

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Small Steps to Great Rewards
Amanda Waugh Amanda Waugh

Small Steps to Great Rewards

A while ago we asked our service users to rename our important steps leaflet.

We now have a winner and the winning entry is “Small Steps to Great Rewards” which thought of by Terry who attends our Dumfries group meetings.

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An introduction to the Self Management of Chronic Pain
Online, Course, Self Management, Healthcare Amanda Waugh Online, Course, Self Management, Healthcare Amanda Waugh

An introduction to the Self Management of Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain is difficult to live with. It is hard to understand, you can’t see it and it varies day to day, sometimes for no apparent reason. In addition to pain, people often experience frustration, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness, low mood, isolation, communication and relationship problems. This brings many challenges.

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Patient involvement in chronic pain research project
Amanda Waugh Amanda Waugh

Patient involvement in chronic pain research project

There is an opportunity for people to join a patient advisory group, where you can be involved in a research project investigating the relationship between childhood experiences and pain.

The project is called Consortium Against Pain In Equality (CAPE): The impact of adverse childhood experiences on chronic pain and responses to treatment. There is evidence that children who experience adverse childhood events, such as abuse and neglect, are more likely to experience more health problems later in life, including chronic pain.

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Footsteps Festival - book talk
Amanda Waugh Amanda Waugh

Footsteps Festival - book talk

In this film our Lead Trainer Phil Sizer talks about his book as part of the amazing Footsteps Festival.

This is an interesting watch in which Phil discusses the process of pain management and shares fresh ideas and insights. It’s especially good to hear him explain his popular ‘pain knot’.

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Self Management Course for Carers
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Self Management Course for Carers

Chronic Pain is difficult to live with. It is hard to understand, you can’t see it and it varies day to day, sometimes for no apparent reason. In addition to pain, people often experience frustration, anxiety, stress, sleeplessness, low mood, isolation, communication and relationship problems. This brings challenges for the person with the condition and the people who care for and about them.

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Self-Management  for me
Self Management, Online course Amanda Waugh Self Management, Online course Amanda Waugh

Self-Management for me

Maggie attends one of our monthly pain management groups after completing our 5 week  intensive course .  Listen to her story and hear the specific things she learnt that particularly  mattered and helped her. Listen too, to Maggie’s recommendations to other people also living with chronic pain,  the changes she has made and her hopes for the future.

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