The "Living and Working with Pain" educational series has been developed for people with pain, their employers, professional associations, charities and clubs
Living and working with pain: Managing pain in the workplace
The burden and cost of pain for both employees and employers can be lessened by appropriate support and action. An important element of this is developing a mutual understanding of the implications of pain from both perspectives. This seminar aims to promote collaborative working for the benefit of both. Content includes:
- Legislation
- Physical, psychosocial and environmental factors
- Worksite assessment and job analysis
- Work tolerance
- Work modification
- Specialised equipment provision
- Job retraining
- Referral to other agencies
Living and working with pain: Referral for supervised exercise
There is a growing emphasis on individuals taking responsibility and being more proactive in relation to their health. In addition, the Government has launched several initiatives to tackle the growing problem of lifestyle related illness and disabilities. While inactivity can worsen pain, exercise is known to improve pain management and fitness levels. As such, partnerships have been established between local authorities and the primary and secondary health care sectors to provide supervised exercise programmes for people with pain. This 2 hour seminar, open to both health professionals and people in chronic pain, explores the effects of inactivity, deconditioning, what help is available in the community and how to access it.
- Chronic pain explained
- Exercise for rehabilitation at leisure centres
- Exercise on prescription
- Personalised exercise plans
- Guided walks
- Physiotherapy
- Hydrotherapy
Living and working with the pain of diabetes
There are around 1.4 million people with diabetes in the UK. Approximately 10% have painful nerve damage (neuropathy) as a consequence of their disease. Other people with diabetes may also experience pain. Actively contributing to society, whether at work, leisure or home, is an important goal for those with diabetes. This session can be delivered as a one-hour introductory seminar or as a half-day workshop with user involvement. Content is selected from the following list, according to the nature of the audience and their requirements:
- Incidence and types of pain in diabetes
- The impact of pain on disability, work, home and social activities
- Managing the impact
- Living & working with diabetes: a personal perspective
- Employing a person with painful
diabetes
(For additional training on diabetic neuropathy, please see Neuropathic pain and its management in the primary care section)
Living and working with Multiple Sclerosis pain
Multiple Sclerosis is the most common cause of neurological disability in young adults with a prevalence of 1:1000. Some 64% of people with MS experience pain and, for many, pain will impact upon the degree of disability. Actively contributing to society, whether at work, leisure or home, is an important goal for those with MS. This session can be delivered as a one-hour introductory seminar or as a half-day workshop with user involvement. Content is selected from the following list, according to the nature of the audience and their requirements:
- Incidence and types of pain in MS
- The impact of pain on disability, work, home and social activities
- Managing the impact
- Living & working with MS: a personal perspective
- Employing a person with MS
(For additional training on MS, please see Managing pain in people with Multiple Sclerosis in the primary care section).
Living and working with pain: Know your body, understand pain
Understanding chronic pain and its effect on the body is key to learning how to manage pain at home, work and during leisure. This 5 hour educational seminar is open to both people with pain and those they mix with. Content includes:
- Body mechanics
- Explaining pain
- Does hurt = harm?
- Diagnoses, tests and investigations
- The effects of inactivity
- Posture and positioning
- Health and safety
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