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Thriving with Pain and Beyond
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(25 ratings)
2,636 students

Thriving with Pain and Beyond

Learn the 5 steps from Ow to Wow-- A wholistic and practical map to aliveness for people who live with chronic pain
Last updated 11/2014
English

What you'll learn

  • understand and communicate your experience of pain, abilities to function, and responses to treatment
  • recognize and increase experiences of aliveness and joy in your life
  • appreciate the array of options from western allopathic to alternative treatments
  • make goals that are appropriate and move you toward thriving
  • recognize and utilize proactive options for healing and aliveness

Course content

7 sections11 lectures1h 28m total length
  • What is Thriving with Pain?1:14

    Living with chronic pain is challenging. Thriving with pain takes a certain amount of knowledge, skills, and tons of attitude! Thriving is about quality of life and enjoying life. Thrivers are people who are able to manage their pain and adapt in ways that allow for a fuller, connected and meaningful life. Through this process, pain can become less bothersome, intense, or less noticeable. Even if the pain doesn't go away, thrivers are able to enjoy their lives and get beyond suffering and blame.

Requirements

  • Set aside the time to listen to lectures in a quiet place so you can focus.
  • Have some understanding of chronic pain

Description

Thriving with Pain and Beyond!

Take your life back from chronic pain and fatigue! Your pain and your healing process is unique, this course shows you how a wholistic, proactive approach to pain management gives you the ability to go from living in the Ow of pain to living with WOW! You will add to your quality of life, reduce, heal, and manage physical and mental pain.

Persistent pain is one of the most widespread and potentially disabling health conditions of our age.

This course is ideal for you if . . .

You live with chronic pain

You are overwhelmed by what you are "supposed" to do

You are frustrated by trying to find the "right" treatment and practitioners to help you

Chronic pain is draining your quality of life

You are a healthcare provider who works with people with chronic pain

This course includes-

1) Introduction

2) Overview of 5 steps from Ow to Wow!

3) Step One: Become an Expert on You!

4) Step Two: Explore Treatment Options

5) Step Three: Support

6) Step Four: Purpose, service, passion and creativity

7) Step Five: Acceptance

In this course, you will explore at an overview level “The 5 steps from Ow to Wow” so that you can reclaim your quality of life. This approach is designed for individuals who live with chronic pain and those who support them; either as loved ones or healthcare practitioners. Thriving with Pain LLC takes an all the above approach to pain management and treatment.

Explore through short presentations each of the 5 steps and get a taste of what a wholistic approach can do for you.

NOTE: This course does not constitute treatment for pain or any other concern. It is designed for informational purposes. Anyone with a history of chronic pain, if you have not already consulted a healthcare professional, should consult a healthcare professional for the assessment and treatment of your condition(s).

As well, this course does not focus on specific treatment or advice for chronic pain- these are topics to be examined in other courses. Our emphasis is on an overview of a whole systems approach to chronic pain and quality of life!

Who this course is for:

  • This course is meant for people who live with chronic pain who want to increase their quality of life. No prior pain management training is needed. This course is probably not for you if you are satisfied with your life with pain.
  • People who are care givers or who treat people chronic pain