Group Pain Management Classes - Patient Information Flyer

Source: physio4gps
Document type: patient information flyer
Review status: unreviewed

Original file: Group Pain Management Classes Flyer (1)(3).pdf

Group Pain Management Classes
Organised by CIH for the Canterbury PCNs

Living with chronic pain can make everyday life challenging. Our pain management classes are designed to help you better understand and manage your pain. The introductory session brings patients together for expert guidance on chronic pain, exploring practical strategies and a holistic approach to improving both physical and mental wellbeing.

1 Online Educational Session followed by 5 Face-to-Face Sessions @ The Annexe (Canterbury Medical Practice)

How Do I Sign Up?
To attend the online educational session, reply to the invitation text message to secure a place. From there, you can sign up for the five face-to-face sessions.

“This is an excellent class that provided different tools and techniques to allow you to make a plan to successfully manage your pain. The interactive element is very helpful to show that you are not alone and you can learn from others' lived experience. This course should be offered to anyone who has long term chronic pain condition and at an earlier stage if possible. Thank you to all the professionals that have put this course together. It has provided valuable insights in how to manage my pain and has given me a huge lift and optimism for the future.”

The five group sessions

Note: The order of the classes is subject to availability of ARRS team members.

Week 1: Educational Session
General education from our Physiotherapist on chronic pain and the aims of these sessions.

Week 2: Mental Health Team
Our Mental Health Practitioner presents and discusses the mental health side of pain management.

Weeks 3 & 5: Yoga, physiotherapy & mindfulness
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Week 4: Pharmacy Team session
Presentation from our Clinical Pharmacists on further understanding pain and navigating their medication.

Final session: Feedback & reflection
During this session, patients feedback to our team on how their understanding of pain management has evolved and what the impact of these sessions was for them personally.

Social Prescribing
Social Prescribing Link Workers attend each session to support delivery and patient engagement. They oversee the sessions and provide ongoing social support to participants, including explaining session content, signposting to services, and offering a listening ear when needed.

About this document. This page reproduces a source document from the physio4gps group pain-management programme. It is transcribed from the file supplied by the programme: page and slide markers have been removed and multi-column sections reflowed, so reading order in some sections may differ from the original layout. Where text was illegible or clipped in the source this is stated in place. Identifying details are left as in the original. This is reference material, not clinical advice, and it has not been clinically reviewed.