The Chronic Pain Self-Management Program is a FREE, 6-week workshop that helps participants, and their support person, deal with the ongoing issues associated with chronic pain. Participants meet once a week to gain the confidence and skills in self-managing chronic pain by learning:
· Strategies to overcome problems such as frustration, fatigue, isolation, and poor sleep
· About exercises for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, endurance and pacing activity with rest
· Appropriate use of medications and evaluating new treatments
· Communication skills
· The importance of good nutrition in pain management