Session Times: Adelaide, South Australian Timezone
Session 1: Friday 13 February, 8:30 - 2:00 pm (ACDT)
Session 2: Saturday 14 February, 8:30 - 2:00 pm (ACDT)
Session 3: Sunday 16 February, 8:30 - 2:00 pm (ACDT)
In a world experiencing an epidemic of chronic pain and increasing evidence of the failure of synthetic drugs, simple but extremely powerful educational tools can effectively target the natural pain treatment systems within us all.
Knowledge is power. In the new series of Explain Pain courses delivered by Noigroup instructors around the world, contemporary pain sciences are made accessible and understandable for all.
We know more about pain in the last twenty years than in the thousand years before, and it’s all providing answers to “why do I hurt the way I do” and “what can I do about it”. The knowledge applies to young and old, from back pain to hemiplegia and general aching to the complexities of phantom pain and complex regional pain syndrome.
By the end of this course, participants will have:
- reconceptualised pain and stress based on neuroimmunology, modern pain sciences and bioplasticity of homeostatic systems
- constructed a conceptual change framework to deliver individual and group educational therapy
- gained an understanding of the growing evidence for Explain Pain and recognise opportunities to integrate Explain Pain with other biopsychosocial evidence-based strategies.
- gathered a collection of therapeutic narratives using metaphor, literal story and linked multimedia, and the skills to construct patient centred education interventions in real time
- developed the skills to use the Protectometer to identify immediately applicable and educationally informed multimodal treatment strategies
- built the confidence to plan and deliver treatment for all patients with persistent pain and stress, and educate other stakeholders