Chronic Pain Managing Flare Ups

Chronic Pain Managing Flare Ups

Dealing with Flare Ups (episodes of intense pain / symptoms). Flare–ups are unusually painful episodes (or episodes of high symptom incidence) that eventually settle down and go away. The experience of a flare–up is physically and emotionally harrowing.

In addition to heightened pain and fatigue, many people are frightened, puzzled, frustrated, angry, panicky and desperate.

Throughout this 2-hour interactive workshop we explore the following:

• Flare ups and understanding why they happen
• Analysing how we experience them
• High speed pain stress cycle
• Exploring and creating a plan to help

Chronic Pain Ireland has for many years offered self-management training for all living with chronic pain and are partners with the Pain Association Scotland, who (having pioneered the development and delivery of self-management training) have run community programmes for over 20 years. Both CPI and PAS share mutual aims of helping to improve the quality of life for all living with chronic pain. The focus of these interactive workshops is therefore on introducing people to, and quickly building, self-management skills, thereby creating practical, positive change leading to an improved quality of life and well-being. Our trained facilitator has delivered over 10,000 workshops to date.

These workshops are offered to members of Chronic Pain Ireland and are supported by way of a Hospital Saturday Fund grant.

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