The Pain Management Program is designed to help patients who have chronic pain associated with variety of health problems.
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Do you want to overcome the isolation, depression and over-reliance on pain medication that often comes with chronic pain?
Would you like to improve your relationships and family life, and return to activities that once gave you pleasure?
Overcoming Pain helps you to develop skills to reduce your pain and enable you to resume many of the activities you may have put on hold.
What is the Program about?
- The Program is based on the most up-to-date research into the way the brain processes pain signals and what we can do to influence this. Neuroplastic transformation of pain uses the brain's capacity to change (plasticity) to reverse pathways that have led to the development of chronic pain.
- Each session will give participants a range of strategies and techniques to overcome pain and enable a return to doing the things they enjoy and getting the most out of life. As this is a practical course in pain managment, it is important that participants be very motivated to practice and make alterations in their lifestyle where necessary. When this happens, the results can be truly life-changing.Read what participants have said about the Program
The Format
- The program runs for 10 weeks with sessions 1 1/2 - 2 hours in length. At each session, participants will have an opportunity to share their own experiences and to contribute to the group's learning of what works. Detailed hand-outs are provided to follow-up with each topic at home.
- The number of participants for each group is currently restricted to a maximum of 10, so it is best to enquire early. If all groups are full, we will put your name on our waiting list and contact you as soon as a new date is set.
Content
The ten sessions of the Pain Management Program cover the following topics:
- The basic principles of neuroplasticity
- How chronic pain develops
- How to shrink the brain's map for pain
- The role of inflammation in acute and chronic pain
- Emotions and stress - switching off reactivity
- The connection between pain and mood
- Undermining pain's persistence
- Replacing faulty beliefs about pain
- Releasing neurotransmitters that enhance connection and pleasure
- Round up
How do I enrol?
Enrolments are taken at any time. Please phone the Centre for Healtthy Living on 4661 3340. We will contact you when a new group is commencing. Participants can come through a variety of avenues:
GP referral
- Participants may be referred by their GP for this specific group-based treatment. Sometimes a GP may refer someone through WorkCover or as part of a rehabilitation plan that is covered by insurance.
NDIS
- People may also come using funding available through the NDIS. To get approval to use your funds, you may need to be referred by a GP or other health professional. The Program can be claimed as Group Therapy under services for Improvement in Daily Living.
Privately
- Some participants may choose to come privately in which case they may pay the full fee and get a rebate from their Private Health Fund.
DVA
- Veterans can access funding through DVA.
Cost
- The cost per participant is normally $800 (plus GST).
