Understanding pain can actually quiet your pain. The videos below explain how pain works and teach stress reduction techniques, useful information for your new pain care plan.
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We know that when people understand pain better, it can be a lot easier to make changes that can get you back to the life you want to live. These handouts look at the many things that contribute to pain including your own understanding of pain, as well as sleep, mood, activity, and nutrition. Also included is a shared-decision-making tool to help you decide where to go next in your journey of changing your pain.
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Getting better sleep can be one of the most important things you do to reduce the hold that pain has on your life.
These handouts help explain how sleep and pain are related, and gives some useful ideas for changing habits to improve your sleep. The Sleep Tracker can be sued to look at the changes you make and the impact they have on your sleep.
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Living with pain can have a big impact on your mood!
These handouts help explain how mood and pain are related, and looks at the ways that thoughts and beliefs can affect your pain. Also included is a Stress Diary, to help you understand how your thoughts and feelings relate to the stresses in your life, to your actions, and to your pain.
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Changing what we eat can be really hard! And, what we eat can have a big impact on your pain. These handouts explain some key things to look at in considering improving your nutrition to change your pain. Included is a Food Diary that can help you keep track of some of those changes and make the journey easier!
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It can feel overwhelming to think about getting back into action, when you are hurting, and it can be confusing to know what is ok to do as you increase your activity.
These handouts help explain how activity and pain are related, and give some ideas about ways of increasing your activities while living with pain. They include a simple shared decision-making tool and information handout that identifies key ideas and also includes an Activity Tracker to help you keep track of your journey back into action.
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Your doctor may be talking with you about decreasing your pain medication, sometimes called a “taper.” And while this may be a very scary idea, many people actually find that they feel better after decreasing their medication! These handouts give ideas for making the process easier and provide general information about pain medication.
This document explains ideas for using this pain education material with your patient or client, and includes a reference bibliography.