Commencing Tuesday 18th September at 1.30pm for 6 weeks there will be a Pain Self Management course to be held at the new Whyalla Library at Westlands.
For further information, please contact the 'Health In Our Hands' Centre on 8648-8463 or by email at ioh1@iprimus.com.au
Chronic pain is a debilitating problem for many people, constant pain makes them feel many emotions in addition to the actual pain itself and this results in loss of lifestyle. There is no “magic bullet” that will cure chronic pain but there are strategies that will help them to manage the pain and the emotions to a level that is acceptable. Of course medications play a large role in the control of pain as does, in some circumstances, surgery etc.
This program is not intended to replace anything that currently is working for you, The course, which runs over six weeks (2.5 hrs per session approx) is designed to give you a set of extra tools that may help in the relief of pain. We have called it Pathways Through Pain because the course is actually a pathway and on that pathway there are many simple things that can be done to help minimise the discomfort caused by pain, not just to the individual with the pain but to their families and friends around them.
- Debunking the myths around pain
- Pacing activity and rest
- Fatigue / sleep
- Medications - how they work
- Fitness and exercise
- Healthy eating
