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Does your pain make everyday tasks difficult?
Do you feel it often makes your life a struggle?
This group course is designed to help you understand more about what pain is.
You’ll learn about how your body and mind work together when you experience pain, and understand how this results in the pain you have.
This group course will give you the confidence and skills to talk about your pain, and understand how you can make positive steps to live with and beyond pain.
What Support for Pain does Help for Heroes Offer?
A Group Course
Living with and beyond pain
- A free, group course run online via Microsoft Teams.
- Co-delivered by those with lived experience and experts from our Clinical Services and Hidden Wounds Teams.
- These sessions give you an opportunity to understand what is happening when we experience pain as well as coping strategies with others in the Armed Forces Community.
Clinical Services Team
If your injury or medical condition make everyday tasks a struggle, pain is making sleep impossible or if your mobility made you a prisoner in your own home, we can help.
Our nurses and occupational therapists have experience working with veterans, and many have served in the Armed Forces.
They understand your background and can support you to create a healthcare plan that improves your quality of life.
For more information visit our physical health page.
More about the Group Course
What will I learn on the Living with and Beyond Pain group course?
- Understanding what is happening when we experience pain.
- Discuss the connection between the body and the mind.
- How to identify your own responses to pain and the different coping strategies you can apply.
- Exploring how to talk about pain and access sources of support.
Please note
This course is not designed to cure your pain. Instead, it looks at how pain affects your whole body, and includes practical exercises and activities to help you manage your pain day-to-day.
Living with and Beyond your Pain has been co-produced with ‘Breathe and Recover’.
How long is the course?
- 1 x meet and greet session.
- 5 x approximately 3-hour modules. One module per week over five consecutive weeks.
How do I apply?
If you are already engaged with us, please speak to your point of contact within the Charity. They will be able to help book you onto our courses.
If you are not yet engaged with us, we’d love to welcome you.
I’ve attended other pain management courses before, but this one offered a wealth of new information.”
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