Pain Awareness

Suitable for: Community sector staff, Seniors, Workplace, People with persistent pain/Carers
Length: 60 minutes
Content: This presentation covers an overview of persistent pain, how it develops and evidence based pain management. The presentation takes participants through the size of the problem in Australia, the National Pain Strategy, and the role of multi-disciplinary pain management to improve health outcomes.

H.A.T

Suitable for: Community sector staff, Seniors, People with persistent pain/Carers
Length: 90-120 minutes
Content: Helpful thinking, Activity and Treatment (HAT) is a short, one-off session designed and delivered in-house to seniors, carers and staff working with seniors. It is an interactive presentation aiming to increase awareness of persistent pain and increase confidence to use pain self-management techniques.

Pain F.U.L.

Suitable for: People with persistent pain/Carers, Seniors, Community sector staff
Length: 2 x half days
Content: Pain – Forum Uplifting Lives involves pain self-management interactive training to motivate people with pain to problem solve daily challenges and develop an action plan.

Persistent Pain and Practical Client Support

Suitable for: Community, Health and Insurance Sector staff
Length: 2 x half days
Content: persistent pain is increasingly prevalent in our community. This presentation addresses common problems faced by staff working with people with persistent pain: fear of re-injury and movement, difficulty communicating with GPs, unrealistic expectations of medication, low mood and motivation. Staff will be taken through a variety of problem solving which will assist them to better engage with and support people with persistent pain improve their function and re-engage with work and life.

Changing Lifestyle to Manage Persistent Pain

Suitable for: Community, Health and Insurance Sector staff
Length: 2 x half days
Content: The presentation focuses on the role of lifestyle in the management of persistent pain. Participants will be led through a variety of self-management of pain strategies such as paced activity, cognitive behaviour therapy, helpful thinking, goal setting and effective conversations, food and pain. Staff will take away concrete resources and hands-on tools with which to assist people with persistent pain to self-manage.

Guided Self-Management: Every Day, in Every Way

Suitable for: Community, Health and Insurance Sector staff. An adapted version is available for clients with persistent pain.
Length: 3 x half days
Content: Guiding people towards persistent pain self-management requires an understanding of the processes which lead to persistent pain. This session focuses on a coaching model to motivate people to make changes on a daily basis to become effective self-managers and complete what is important. The elements of the presentation are: goals, relaxation, helpful thinking, Three Ps (planning preparation and pacing), stretching and building success with personal action plans. This session aims to arm professionals/clients with the skills to self-manage on a daily basis.