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So out of 243 people reading this post, 3 people voted. To be honest it’s 3 more than I expected and thank you to those 3 people.

What does this say about person centred care?

Does it even exist?

Pain Toolkit Poll 17th November 2023

Question for healthcare workers:

When seeing patients today/tomorrow…

Will you be a God or a Guide❓

To help you decide, watch this video https://youtu.be/LnDWt10Maf8?si=3l594KfSHQC8-wxw
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TEDxMaastricht - Bas Bloem - "From God to Guide" Professor Bas Bloem ( ) is a consultant neurologist at the Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, the Netherlands. H...

Asked yesterday “How We going to get the numbers down, patients seeking help.”

I replied “Howie doesn’t work here, but can I suggest training up more health care workers are trained as self management coaches. That’s what the is doing.”

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Heard this saying a few years ago:

Avoid getting…

- Hungry…eat something
- Angry…let it go
- Lonely…call or go and see someone
- Tired…take a break

If you do…HALT

Useful saying if you are living with persistent pain or a long term health condition or just struggling with LIFE.

-Works

Here’s the recording of the interview I did with

Thank you Mark for giving me the opportunity to share my journey and thoughts about Supported Self Management

Pete’s Journey: From Persistent Pain to Self-Management Pioneer https://youtu.be/6E5Mo7y3YFc?si=MsCUKRb7RQgDjZha via YouTube

In September 2023, there were 7,771,057 patients waiting for treatment in England. Many with persistent pain.

While you are waiting for treatment, use the Prehab Pain Toolkit

Ibooks https://books.apple.com/gb/book/prehab-pain-toolkit/id6450173986

Google books https://books.google.co.uk/books/about?id=irHEEAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y
https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/nhs-delivery-and-workforce/pressures/nhs-backlog-data-analysis

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Question for members who live with persistent pain:

If we developed a online Pain Toolkit course to could enroll in and learn pain self management skills at your own speed.

Please send me a message, if you think, it’s something that interests you and would attend?

Opportunities

Flexibility
Participants can learn at their own pace, fitting the course around their schedule and other commitments.

Convenience:
Online courses can be accessed from anywhere with an internet connection, eliminating the need to travel to a physical location.

Self-Paced Learning:
Participants can review materials as needed, ensuring a better understanding of the content before moving forward.

Diverse Learning Resources:
Online courses often provide a variety of multimedia materials such as videos, quizzes, and discussion forums, enhancing the learning experience.

Improving your focus:
Participants can concentrate on specific topics of interest, enhancing their understanding and expertise in those areas.

Networking Opportunities:
Online courses may offer discussion forums and chat rooms, enabling participants to connect with peers and experts from around the world.

Pain Toolkit News Autumn 2023 is NOW available to download
https://www.paintoolkit.org/news/article/pain-toolkit-new-autumn-2023
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IASP Supported Back Pain Self-Management - Made Simple https://www.youtube.com/live/yIGP0vgtOsU?si=Ha-H3MCLqcDCB6Do via

IASP Supported Back Pain Self-Management - Made Simple

As National Pain Awareness Week in Canada continues, I would like to briefly discuss the concept of supported self-management, something that is still not well understood in much of healthcare.

What this isn’t is a dismissal of the person living with pain and being told there is nothing more healthcare can do for them, and they are all on their own. Unfortunately, for healthcare providers who do not understand what supported self-management is, that can be the message that is all too often received.

With that, what is supported self-management? The National Health Service of the United Kingdom describes it as “increasing the knowledge, skills and confidence a person has in managing their own health and care by putting in place interventions such as: peer support, self-management education and health coaching”.[1]

Effective self-management is an equitable and collaborative relationship between the person living with pain and their healthcare provider. The goal is to offer the person living with pain education and knowledge on how they can best help themselves, and this is achieved through education and training resources. Supported self-management needs to consider the person within the totality of their life, value them as equal and active partners, offer support in finding and developing solutions, focus on goals, as well as prove access to cincinnal support if and as needed.

There is evidence from the United Kingdom of the positive effects of support self-management in that one study found there were 19% fewer family physician appointments and 38% fewer visits to emergency departments. [2]

Until and unless there is a cure discovered for persistent pain, self-management is foundational to living better despite the pain. However, it does not mean that there is no role for healthcare providers to support the person. This support may involve medically appropriate biomedical interventions, psychological support, nutritional counselling, and more.

Supported self-management is not a matter of healthcare system support or personal pain management rather is healthcare system support and personal pain management, which is a true synergistic relationship.

I’d like to take a moment to recognize two people that I consider leaders in this space: Pete Moore, the founder of the very effective Pain Toolkit (a leading self-management resource in use internationally) and Dr. Owen Williamson who introduced me to the broader concept of supported self-management. I am honoured and privileged to call both friend.

Supported self-management is integral to A Path Forward.




References:

1. NHS England. (n.d). Supported self-management. National Health Service. Retrieved November 7, 2023 from https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/supported-self-management/
2. Barker I, Steventon A, Deeny S. Patient activation is associated with fewer visits to both general practice and emergency departments: a cross-sectional study of patients with long-term conditions. Clin Med (Lond). 2017 Jun;17(Suppl 3):s15. doi: 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-3-s15. PMID: 30958777; PMCID: PMC6334141.

Pain Toolkit Q&A https://www.youtube.com/live/NdOYm6yxaFM?si=9Lp1OoOn6bxHJi0A via

Pain Toolkit Q&A In this Q&A Pete answered questions from both people who are living with pain and healthcare professionals who support themFrom Penny ScotlandAfter reading t...

Wow, what a story

41-year-old trashman Bob, who had been married to his wife Sarah for 9 years, ended up raising their twin daughters alone one day. Sarah left them, revealing that the twins were born to another man with whom she had an affair two years after marrying Bob.

Bob battled against all odds to make his daughters happy. He believed they were his world, knowing little there was going to be a new addition soon.

One day, Bob found an abandoned blind baby crying near one of the dumpsters he picked garbage from. "If I can raise two daughters by myself, I can certainly raise him too," he thought and later adopted the poor boy.

The caring father nurtured his son and later discovered the boy had a special interest. Little did he know that 23 years later it would make them millionaires.

Full story in the comments.

Justice needed.

Arsenal legend Ian Wright has blasted Bruno Guimaraes for trying to "hurt" Jorginho.

“There is no reason for him to be challenging Jorginho like this.

“Look how [far] away he is. The ball has gone. His arm doesn’t need to be up.

“I can’t understand why that isn’t a yellow card and they aren’t looking at that. He is trying to hurt him there.

“You know something that could easily be given as a red card.

"What’s he doing? His intention is to hurt him. It’s not like it’s a challenge and your arm has flailed.

"The ball has gone, he has no reason to do that. None!

“He is lucky that he hasn’t caught him in the temple or something. It’s a bad challenge.”

Happy Birthday Japanese Warrior

National Pain Awareness Week in Canada 🇨🇦
Pain Toolkit group
Pain Toolkit

is just around the corner and organizations across Canada have created various free online events on pain-related topics.

➡️To find out more about these events and to register now, visit https://www.paincanada.ca/news/national-pain-awareness-week-calendar-of-events-2023

November 5th to 11th, 2023 is National Pain Awareness Week in Canada, a time to raise awareness of chronic pain and its impacts. While the primary focus must be on those living with pain we can't overlook the economic impact. The direct and indirect cost in Canada is 40.3 billion dollars per year.

Implementing Health Canada's Action Plan for Pain in Canada can reduce the human and financial toll of pain. Track its progress at PainCanada.ca/actionplan.

Raising awareness is A Path Forward.

Having a conversation with
later today

The Modern Pain Podcast A podcast helping clinicians and patients manage pain and wellness.

Next week I will be publishing the Autumn of Pain Toolkit News

Six pages of useful information for those interested in pain self management.

Have an excellent weekend

Pain Toolkit Team

Handy saying for Self Managers and probably a few others…

“Whatever is behind you is in your head and whatever is in front of you, is in your hands.”

-Works

Goal setting in a… Nutshell
- Set a Goal
- Make a Plan
- Get to work
- Stick to it
- Reach the goal

-Works
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No, it’s not novel an idea 💡

It’s the finishing line for people living with persistent pain or long term health conditions.

-Works

Pain Toolkit Q&A tonight 7pm UK time
https://www.youtube.com/live/MoIkoyZ6HCA?si=QHndmwXjOZRZiZkA via

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Pain Toolkit Q&A In this video Pete will be taking and answering questions from both people who are living with pain and healthcare professionals who support them

Cannabidiol (CBD) products for pain: ineffective, expensive, and with potential harms.

www.painscience.com This is an extremely negative review of sixteen studies of CBD for pain. “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya…

Will be doing a Q&A on Monday evening at 7pm (UK time)

Send me your questions about pain selfmgt below or message me below 👇

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Pain Self Management Healthcare Professional of Year 2023

So which healthcare professional who has stood out for you❓

Please nominate via

Contact Pete Moore - Pain Toolkit Pete Moore offers assistance for pain self-management and friendly chats. Please note: we cannot provide medical advice or comments due to legal restrictions.

NEW Pain Toolkit - Tapering off Pain Medication is now available to DOWNLOAD

For people who are taking pain medication and considering using self-management skills to get back on track without using them.

Ibooks
https://books.apple.com/us/book/pain-toolkit-tapering-off-pain-medication/id6470020639

Android users
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=uFPeEAAAQBAJ

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New Pain Toolkit ....

For people who are taking pain medication and considering using self-management skills to get back on track without using them.

Android users https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=uFPeEAAAQBAJ

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What a Pain https://shows.acast.com/what-a-pain/episodes/pilot-episode-what-a-pain via

Via
Konrad Jacobs Glyn Williams

Pilot episode - What a Pain | What a Pain Special guest: Dr Alison Bliss

Here is a sample of the brand new Pain Toolkit Audiobook 👇

https://soundcloud.com/paintoolkitglobal/pain-toolkit-audio-version-sample

Let me know, what you think of it

Available from Monday 👇

On yesterdays Pain Toolkit Cafe we discussed ‘Learning New Behaviours & Habits’

Excellent mixture of people with persistent pain and healthcare professionals.

Next Cafe 15th November. To register 👇

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https://www.paintoolkit.org/workshops

Pete talks to Katie about how she walked 5k and her inspiring messages https://youtu.be/xM-52ueubF8?si=eyAExvOSuEyf2nZ2
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In the newer versions of the Toolkits (5 key self-management skills) I have dedicated 7 Pages to Pacing daily activities, because this seems to be least skill taught in healthcare, for people with pain and long term health conditions.

I've made it simple and given examples.

Go to https://www.paintoolkit.org/store to get a copy for your health challenge

Shoutout to people living with persistent pain 🗣️

On Monday I’m running a Pain Toolkit workshop for trainee Physiotherapists.

What key message should I give them, when they see their patients, who live with persistent pain?

Comment below or DM 👇

Relaxation techniques as an intervention for chronic pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Relaxation techniques as an intervention for chronic pain: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials Chronic pain increases the risk of sleep disturbances, depression and disability. Even though medical treatments have limited value, the use of prescription-based analgesics have increased over the recent years. It is therefore important to evaluate the ...

Once we've experienced pain for 3mths or more, pain ceases to be our main problem.

So you are going to need, use or learn other skills to support your patients.

Don't take my word for it. Ask your colleagues who work in pain management programmes.

https://paintoolkit.org/workshops

The Pain Toolkit is on display at the Swedish Pain Society this week at their conference

Photo Karsten Ahlbeck

Checkout why Virginia McIntyre is looking forward to be on the presenters at Supported Pain Selfmgt Webinar 4th Feb 2023 https://vimeo.com/paintoolkit/virginiamcintyre

How to register for the Webinar https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/supported-pain-self-management-online-conference-tickets-424001619257

-Works