Pain Toolkit: Recent Episodes
Pete Moore
Why are the decision makers at the Dept of Health promoting self management for people living with long term health conditions?
There are over 26 million people in the UK who live with at least one LTC and 10 million who have two or more. Their ongoing and complex needs are currently met by an already overstretched health and social care system.
Read more...
2nd Supported Pain Self Management Online Conference 10th February 2024 (Friday 9th in the United States and Canada)
How to register: Click HERE
Presenters
- Rajam Roose (America)
- Peter Stilwell (Canada)
- Susan Reid-Schellinck (Canada)
- Mary Wing (Australia)
- Katherine Brain (Australia)
- Dr Hemakumar Devan (New Zealand)
Your co-hosts are
Pete Moore (UK)
Keith Meldrum (Canada)
All registration fees will be distributed to organisations who promote ‘Supported Pain Self Management’
How to register: Click HERE
A unique opportunity to watch or hear healthcare professionals and people with a living experience of persistent pain, share their expertise with you and others.
Can’t make it, don’t worry. Everyone who registers will receive the recording.
This is the second Pain Toolkit in Conversation and in this podcast, we will be discussing... Meaningful Movement
Recorded on 15th September and published on 16th September
Taking part will be
- Amy Eicher
- Virginia McIntyre
- Bronnie Lennox Thompson
- Jerry Durham (Guest)
- David Flusk (Guest)
Pete Moore and Keith Meldrum will being keeping things on track
What is different about these five skills to the usual Pain Toolkit 12 Tools?
Over the past 15 plus years I have been asking other self-managers like myself who have used the Pain Toolkit, what are the 5 key skills they used the most to self-manage their pain and these 5 Key Skills kept being mentioned so I asked around if others liked them and would it be useful to write a separate Pain Toolkit highlighting them and the overwhelming answer was yes.
Here are the 5 Key pain self-management skills:
- Goal setting,
- Pacing daily activities,
- Problem solving,
- Meaningful movement,
- Having a setback plan.
The Pain Toolkit is yours and theirs go-to resource for learning more about self-managing pain.
These five basic self-management skills will help people develop a personalised plan to manage their pain and improve their quality of life.
By using the self-management skills, people will be able to set achievable goals, pace their activities to avoid over-doing, problem solve obstacles that may arise, use meaningful movement to promote active and mental well-being, and prepare for setbacks with a solid plan.
Our digital patient booklets also provide practical tools and resources can help you and patients have a better understanding pain and manage their symptoms more effectively.
We are confident that the Pain Toolkit online course will be a valuable resource in your journey towards supporting patients to manage their pain/ fatigue, so they are regaining control and getting themselves back in their driving seat.
Remember, the Pain Toolkit is always here to support you and your patients every step of the way.
Why not test your knowledge now to find out how much you know about self-management by playing the Pain Toolkit Game made by Focus Games
I was wondering this morning, how I will manage my persistent pain as I'm getting older - I share my thoughts in this podcast
f so, ask yourself these three questions›
- Do you do more on good days and less on bad days?
- Are you an overachiever, doing more than you have to?
- Are you a people pleaser? Do you have a problem saying NO to others when you are asked to do things?
Did you see yourself or in this cycle or the three questions? If you did then this Pain Toolkit could be for you, so please read on.
“I recognised myself straight away, when I first saw the pain cycle. When I stopped moving and exercising, the pain in my joints increased and my weight increased.” S.B. Richmond
Purchase digitally on Apple iBooks & Google Play and also as Audiobooks, via Amazon and subscription services including Audible, Audiobooks & more here
Purchase digitally on Apple iBooks & Google Play and also as Audiobooks, via Amazon and subscription services including Audible, Audiobooks & more here
Why do I need to manage my pain? After all I see my healthcare professional and aren’t they supposed to do that for me?
Many people with persistent pain see their healthcare professional for treatment, help and support. But have you actually estimated just how many hours during the course of a year you spend with your healthcare professional?
It has been said that people with health conditions (including pain) may spend less than 3 hours a year on average in contact with a healthcare professional. For the remaining 8,733 hours of the year they are on their own. So the need to learn pain self-management skills and incorporate them in their everyday activities is very important.
Download the full version of the Pain Toolkit here
SelfMgtMatters
Tool 1 - Accept that you have persistent pain ... and then the willingness to begin to move on
Watch a video by Pete explaining more about Tool 1
Acceptance is the first and the most important tool in your pain self- management toolkit.
Acceptance is not about giving up.
It is recognising that you need to take more control and find how you can self-manage your pain better.
Acceptance is also a bit like opening a door - a door that will open to allow you into lots of self-managing opportunities.
The key that you need to open this door is not as large as you think. All you have to do is to be willing to use it and try and do things differently.
“I really didn't like that when I read it. Who was this Pete Moore telling me that I had to accept my pain? But when I sat down and thought it through, acceptance is the key to moving on and I now feel I have done that. By using some of the tools, I have got my family life back and even returned to work.” M.E. Chelmsford
How to download the full version go to the Pain Toolkit Audio Store
Introduction to the Back Pain Toolkit
The full version can be downloaded from the Pain Toolkit Audio Store
www.paintoolkit.org
Pain Toolkit - Working with your healthcare professionals Pain Toolkit Audiobook sample
How to purchase Pain Toolkit Audio books https://www.paintoolkit.org/store/category/audiobook
Self-management tools for people living with long COVID-19
Symptoms should get better over time, some may take longer than others, but there are things you can do to help
See the website here
Please us know, what you think of the website
Brand new addition to the Pain Toolkit family is the Covid Self-Management Toolkit for Long-Haulers, people living with long-covid
Checkout the website and let us know what you think
So are back pain conditions a problem in the UK?
The short answer is yes so you are not on your own. Long-term health conditions affects more than 15 million people in the UK in their everyday living. They can be disabling and frustrating for many people to deal with. Health problems can also affect the relationships with family, friends and work colleagues.
Globally read the Back Facts from #IASPGlobalYEAR
The Pain Toolkit has become a hub or go-to website for people with persistent pain and also healthcare professionals who support them.
Our main aim is to provide simple educational pain self-management resources.
In 2020 people generously donated nearly a £1000, so that we could turn these Toolkits into Audiobook versions - Pain Toolkit and the Back Pain Toolkit into Audio books.
The audiobook versions are ideal for…
- People with vision problems
- Just like to sitting and listening
- Learn better by listening
- Learning while on the move
Feedback has been overwhelming, so much so, that now we would like to make Audiobook version for the...
- Self-Management Toolkit
- Pain Toolkit Neuropathic Pain
Any help and support, would be most welcome
Pete Author of the Pain Toolkit
SelfMgtLIVING
Launched today... The #PainToolkitAudiobook version
Available on over 50 audio platforms
Let me know what you think of it. Massive THANK YOU to Scott from Built by Ryde ....Melissa and Bob for making this happen.
SelfMgtLIVING
The Pain Toolkithas become a hub or go-to website for people with persistent pain and also healthcare professionals who support them.
Our main aim is to provide simple educational pain self-management resources.
In 2020 people generously donated nearly a £1000, so that we could turn these Toolkits into Audiobook versions - Pain Toolkit and the Back Pain Toolkit into Audio books.
The audiobook versions are ideal for…
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People with vision problems
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Just like to sitting and listening
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Learn better by listening
-
Learning while on the move
Feedback has been overwhelming, so much so, that now we would like to make Audiobook version for the...
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Self-Management Toolkit
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Pain Toolkit Neuropathic Pain
Any help and support, would be most welcome.
Click here to make a donation
Pete
Author of the Pain Toolkit
SelfMgtLIVING
On the 6th March I’m running a Pain Toolkit workshop Taster for Healthcare Professionals
The Taster session is from
10am - 10.30am…
To book, send me message via…the website
For more information about the workshops, please click here
Pete
For the Zoom link please contact via the website
More about the Pain Toolkit workshop on the website
In this Pain Toolkit Podcast Pete & Katie what, or, is there a difference between the terms Self Care or Self - Management
In the podcast Pete tell Katie about about research paper he read called Chronic illness self-management: taking action to create order by Debbie Kralik
Is this podcast Pete and Katie talk about the different terms healthcare care professionals use when talking to people with persistent pain.
Pete isn't keen on being called a sufferer or like the term chronic pain
Katie gets frustrated when healthcare professionals use the term slipped disc
How persistent pain has increased over the past 25yrs, in the UK.
1990’s - 7.8million people
2010/12 14million people
2016 - 28million + 500k people stuck on opioids
When will the penny drop with those in making decisions (Med Schools, Commissioners, Healthcare Professionals etc) Pain Mgt as we know it now, has to be revised/updated. Outdated ways, such as just providing meds, treatments are unhelpful and creates passivity and also keeps people stuck in the passenger seat. So who is going to change? Let me know...
Supported Back Pain Self-Management - Made Simple
Presenters
- Bronnie Thompson
- Toby Newton-John
- Katie Knapton
- Pete Moore
18 March 2021
04:00 EDT/08:00 GMT/21:00 NZDT/19:00 AEDT
For more information and how to register https://www.paintoolkit.org/news/article/iaspglobalyear-2021-global-year-webinar-18-march-2021
IASPGlobalYEAR
Free Thinking: a person who thinks freely or independently : one who forms opinions on the basis of reason independently of authority especially.
I think we need to use this more in pain self-management, so it allows the person with pain come up with solutions
Hi Everyone
What to lookout for in January and February 2021....Up-and-coming events and projects
Pain Toolkit Workshop, January 16th . For people living with persistent pain. Pete Moore running the the workshop. Book here
Pain Toolkit Cafe January and February
- January 20th Cafe
- February 24th Cafe
Pain Toolkit Workshop for Allied Health Care Professionals January 23rd. Pete Moore running the the workshop.
6th February - Co-production Pain Toolkit workshop For people with long-term persisting pain. Pete Moore and Physiotherapist Katie Knapton, running the workshop.
NEW Short 14 Page digtal version of the Pain Toolkit. Available on Apple and Google Books. Only £5.00
- Apple
- Google Books
Hard copy of the Pain Toolkit. Only available in the UK and its on the Pain Toolkit Store
Other things to watch out for...
- Pain Toolkit Podcasts
- Launching the Audio version of the Pain Toolkit. Back Pain and Healthcare Professional versions to follow.
- Finalising the Neuropathic pain ( co author Mary Wing) UK & Australia
- Running more workshops for healthcare professionals and patients
Hi Everyone
As you know we are over-doers, so remember the Pain Toolkit 3 P's
- Planning
- Prioritising
- Pacing
Also on Christmas Day I've organised two Zoom meetings (Morning and Evening UK Time) for those who perhaps are on their own and just want to chat.
Contact via the website for the links
Easy does it
Pete
SelfMgtLIVING
How to book, to attend the Pain Toolkit Cafe
16th Dec 2020 from 10am - 11am UK time
Book here
Next next (16th Dec) I'm going to be recording a video with OT Chloe Kitto about sex, intimacy, relationships and pain self-management.
It's a subject not mentioned in pain management land and I think we need to start.
Sex, intimacy and relationships are all part of our lives, so lets more about it
People with…Lived Experiences... for me, this a very fairly new term and one I first heard via the San Diego Pain Summit
Have you got a Pain Self-Management Lived Experienced to share with others? Please contact me via the Pain Toolkit website
Rather than me just doing the Pain Toolkit podcast I thought it would be useful to make joint podcast with others. People with persistent pain and of course, healthcare professionals.
It'll be a great way to get the messages out there, for people on the move and also others with vision problems
Pete
SelfMgtLIVING
How and did peer-led groups and programmes actually start? A brief history about how they did and how useful they are they?
Why are some people is a holding pattern? Many know about pain selfmgt, but unsure where to start?
In this podcast Pete talks about how he learnt about the term resilience from he’s good friend and brother Keith Meldrum
Is this Podcast Pete tells listeners about the launch of the Pain Toolkit Worldwide version and about the up-and-coming ones.
Some people would like to learn about pain management research but find it them to technical, so there is now a link on Pain Toolkit website for pain management research in layman's terms.
Pete, author and originator of the Pain Toolkit, explains all the new features on the website