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Breaking Barriers #6: Pain management programmes

September 22 , 2015
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‘Self-management’ doesn’t mean being abandoned to ‘get on with it’ alone. Support can come from healthcare professionals, family, friends, voluntary organisations or support groups. If pain is having a big impact, pain management programmes can help people to get their lives back on track. This involves focusing on ...

Breaking Barriers #5: Medical investigations

September 05 , 2015
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Doctors and patients can both get caught up in an almost endless search for a cure or a clear diagnosis of what’s causing the pain. Searching for a medical solution is understandable, but it can delay people in starting to learn to manage their pain. With the right ...

Breaking Barriers #4: GP consultations

September 04 , 2015
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Your GP is likely to be the healthcare professional who’ll be most involved in helping manage persistent pain, but it can sometimes be a difficult relationship. People in pain and their GPs both often feel that there isn’t enough time to deal with a problem as complex ...

Breaking Barriers #3: Emotional impact of chronic pain

September 03 , 2015
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Pain can involve a lot of loss – of friendships, work or plans for the future. The emotional impact of these losses as well as of the pain itself often hits people hard. People with long term pain can find themselves struggling with low mood, depression, anxiety and ...

Breaking Barriers #2: What is self-management?

September 02 , 2015
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‘You have to want to live again.’ That’s the key to managing pain, according to Diane. It can be a long, winding road, but many people living with pain have learned strategies that help them to get the most out of life alongside their condition, rather than ...

Transcript – The Project: Breaking the barriers to self-management

September 01 , 2015
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Self-management – we know it’s one of the things that can most improve the lives of people living with pain, but all too often it’s not being put into practice successfully. After speaking to people with pain and healthcare professionals, we’ve been able to put together a clearer ...

Breaking Barriers #1: The project – Breaking the barriers to self-management

September 01 , 2015
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Self-management – we know it’s one of the things that can most improve the lives of people living with pain, but all too often it’s not being put into practice successfully. After speaking to people with pain and healthcare professionals, we’ve been able to put together a clearer ...

Free Pain Education Sessions in Glasgow

July 22 , 2015
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Call 0300 323 9966 or 07548 229 958 to book a place at one of our sessions in Alexandria, Clydebank, Easterhouse, Pollokshields or Possilpark. We're expanding to venues throughout Glasgow. Watch this space... What is the Pain Education Session? The pain education session is for anyone who has had ...

Live in Hertfordshire? Free classes for people in pain

June 29 , 2015
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FREE NHS-funded classes for people with persistent pain in parts of Hertfordshire (Hatfield, Letchworth, Watford and Hemel Hempstead) starting September. Learn ways to help manage distressing medical symptoms for people with persistent IBS, fibromyalgia, ME, chronic fatigue and pain that have no obvious medical explanation. Using breath work, gentle ...

Nakala – Programu 71 ya Airing Pain: Protect our Girls

May 27 , 2015
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[Kwa habari zaidi kuhusu ukeketaji wa wanawake, tafadhali tazama waraka wetu wa habari za ukweli kuhusu ukeketaji wa wanawake.] Unapendelea PDF?Download Maumivu endelevu na mapambano ya kukomesha ukeketaji wa wanawake. Zaidi ya wanawake 100,000 nchini Uingereza wameathirika na ukeketaji wa wanawake pamoja na athari mbaya za muda mrefu ikiwemo maumivu ...

Transcript – Programme 71: Protect our Girls

May 26 , 2015
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Persistent pain and the fight to end female genital mutilation For more information about FGM, please see our FGM factsheet. [Tafadhali bofya hapa ili kusoma nukuu ya nakala ya programu hii iliyofasiriwa kwa Kiswahili.] To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download Over 100,000 women in the UK have ...

Airing Pain 71: Protect our Girls

May 26 , 2015
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Persistent pain and the fight to end female genital mutilation [Tafadhali bofya hapa ili kusoma nukuu ya nakala ya programu hii iliyofasiriwa kwa Kiswahili.] This edition has been funded by a grant from Rosa: The UK fund for women and girls Over 100,000 women in the UK have been affected by female ...
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