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For health professionals supporting chronic pain self management

    • About
    • Courses
    • Dancing around the hexaflex – ACT in Practice series
    • If you have chronic pain
    • Introduce yourself
    • Knowledge Translation: An online community of practice case study
    • Occupational therapists only
      • **Rant alert** Don’t call me an OT!
      • A plea for the New Year
      • Clinical reasoning – more than problem solving…
      • Confidence to strut your stuff
      • Occupational therapy theory
      • When the evidence is ignored
      • Supervision
    • Supervision/Mentoring
    • Coping skills
      • Biofeedback – or Things that go ‘beep’!
      • Changing the inner critic – positive statements
      • Checking thoughts during activity
      • Hypnosis and imagery in pain management
      • Motivating people to make changes (i)
      • Motivating people to make changes (ii)
      • Motivating people to make changes (iii)
      • Motivating people to make changes (iv)
      • Motivating people to make changes (v)
      • Relaxation training
      • Task Persistence – the least used coping skill
      • The process of change…
      • Pacing – aka working to quota, activity scheduling, chunking, time contingent activity, timetabling
  • Autonomy not assumptions: Missing pieces in pain self-management

    Autonomy not assumptions: Missing pieces in pain self-management

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  • Important Update about Email Communications

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  • The Emotional Dimensions of Pain Assessment

    The Emotional Dimensions of Pain Assessment

    Assessment, Clinical reasoning, Coping strategies, Pain, Pain conditions, Science in practice

    Take your mind back to your last pain assessment. I can bet good money pain intensity was measured (that 0 – 10 ‘how much does it hurt’ question). Where it hurts on a body map. Perhaps even duration and constancy (intermittent, ongoing, fluctuating). Quality or ‘what does it feel like?’ could be included: burning, aching,…

  • Understanding Psychological Factors in Pain Management

    Understanding Psychological Factors in Pain Management

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  • The Complexity of Pain: Beyond Simple Words

    The Complexity of Pain: Beyond Simple Words

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  • What will 2026 bring? Reflections on Blogging in the Pain space

    What will 2026 bring? Reflections on Blogging in the Pain space

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  • Transformation: Paradigm shifts in pain therapy

    Transformation: Paradigm shifts in pain therapy

    Chronic pain, Pain, Pain conditions, Professional topics, Science in practice
  • Luck, Fate, Personal Responsibility

    Luck, Fate, Personal Responsibility

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  • Drowning in ‘evidence’

    Drowning in ‘evidence’

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  • Do You Believe Me? Trust and the Politics of Pain in Clinical Practice

    Do You Believe Me? Trust and the Politics of Pain in Clinical Practice

    Assessment, Chronic pain, Clinical reasoning, Pain, Pain conditions, Professional topics, Research
  • Does accepting your pain mean you’re giving up?

    Does accepting your pain mean you’re giving up?

    ACT – Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, Chronic pain, Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Research, Resilience/Health, Science in practice
  • Tailoring Pain Management: The Importance of Individual Concerns

    Tailoring Pain Management: The Importance of Individual Concerns

    Assessment, Back pain, Chronic pain, Occupational therapy, Pain conditions, Physiotherapy, Professional topics, Resilience/Health, Science in practice
  • Chronic Pain Management: Why Brand Loyalty Matters Less

    Chronic Pain Management: Why Brand Loyalty Matters Less

    Chronic pain, Clinical reasoning, Professional topics, Science in practice
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