People from all walks of life have discovered the life-changing benefits of self-managing pain effectively

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Very easy to complete

Pathway through pain has definitely been the best pain management course I've been on. It's been great to do it in the comfort of my own home and at my own pace. It's helped me understand the way I've been dealing with pain is not always the best approach and has given me many different strategies to try, and some are already working. Thank you for putting this program together. I hope it helps many more people like me.

Having been in pain for over 25 years I have dealt with it in many ways either through medication, pain clinic, various therapies i.e. acupuncture, botox. Pain is so different on each day of my life effecting different parts of my body. It is something I have dealt with on a personal basis causing me stress and depression. Medication causes weight gain which in turn is another factor that goes with pain.

I feel this course is very much a 'one size fits all' program. It seems to me to focus more on the back area than anything else. EG the neck exercises are the very movements that start the pain off for me!. I feel it would be much better to have a few different courses each covering a different body area, EG 1 x Head/neck and shoulders, 1 x Upper back, 1 x Lower back, 1 x legs, 1 x arms

Thank you for this course I found the mindfulness and Guided Meditation very useful it is now my go to when I am feeling anxious and also when I can’t get to sleep at night through pain and my mind racing it helps to clear my mind and relax my tense body leaving me feeling relaxed and if it’s in the middle of the night Iv usually drifted back of to sleep which is wonderful thank you for this.

It is worth doing

It is worth doing

I took my time doing this course as I am suffering from eupd and I am under mental health so I had a lot of things going on in my head with everything.

The course is more helpful than I was expecting. Lots of tools to help you cope.

I started this course with a bleak view and stubbornness that it wouldn't help me! How wrong I was! The power of meditation and guidance from the professionals in small sections, for me, was perfectly timed and I was able to stay focused and engaged. I felt the course was tailored for me, and I hung on to the words of all the professionals, i enjoyed the meditation exercises the most. A lot of thought has gone into this course and I highly recommend it to anyone suffering with Chronic pain. Keep an open mind and let the course take you on your journey.

This course did not really help in any way but it just repeated stuff I already knew but presented badly so it was hard to remain focused. That along with a really frustrating system to the point it became a forgettable chore to do.

I found the information in the course very useful. It really is more about these techniques than anything else to manage the pain better. I do think the course would be more beneficial at the beginning of diagnosis or as early as possible as I had learned a lot of the info over the 2 years from physio, doctors research, groups etc.

This course enables you to have a greater understanding of the management of pain. It is a spring-board to making the first step forward to taking control of the pain. Not letting the pain control you. It helps you with meditation, how to relax, and also includes types of exercise; to start using your body and get you back on track. Understand the pain and move forward with the help of the course.

I went into the course quite pessimistic but thought I'd give it a try out of pure desperation because of my chronic back pain. I'm happy to say it was a lot more helpful than I thought. It doesn't have all the answers but gives you a strong base to work on obtaining a better quality of life. Thank you, I will try and put into practice what I've learnt and make it part of my everyday life.

I have found the course very informative and helpful. I will continue to use the information in my library to continue my progress as I find it takes me time to full get the information on board.

I am stuck at home, and will be looking forward to getting out, but a long way to go, But I am positive that I will be able to achieve a little bit, mean, small steps to take for now. Thanking you and the team. I should have been on the course years ago, as I had been referred, but no one took the pain seriously, and I ended up with multiple health issues and popping the pills most of the time I am rattling with medication but after doing this course I think I will take the holistic approach I do not want any surgery but I just need support with disability AIDS and pain management, rather than being going in circles like before.

I would like to say thank you to all the chronic pain course team . Before I started the course I thought what can they tell me about living with chronic pain because I live by myself and have to do everything pain or no pain. But having completed the course I now feel more confident about about doing what I was doing for myself and also setting goals for what I want to accomplish in the future. I found every step on the course useful understanding pain , relaxation techniques, stretching exercises, self confidence and it’s ok if you can’t do things you want to do when you want to do them take time out and relax have another go if you feel comfortable doing so or you can ask someone else for help it doesn’t mean you are a failure.

Very helpful, but still have bad days

Pathway through pain has been extremely interesting and helpful. I enjoyed all the lectures and the meditation videos were very enjoyable. I would recommend to friends they should participate if they can to help with their pain.

Some parts of the course have been helpful, especially the relaxation aspects and I like the fact that we can draw on them via the library and also download some of them. I've had the benefit of having received previous therapy to assist with my problems, so was familiar with some of what was said and/or techniques used, but it is useful to have those along with the new methods together in one place. I managed to achieve one of my 3 goals set which I'm pleased about, it taking a lot of effort mentally and physically to do, it taking longer than I would normally like but I have been reminding myself that I do not need to set myself impossible deadlines, to accept that i will get things done eventually and to pace myself. I've learned to try and stop before I worsen. I have a lot of stress etc in my life and am aware as to how this impacts on my mind and body and have therefore found the relaxation videos/methods the most beneficial. I have yet to get into a routine with the stretching which is ad hoc, due to working and nor feeling up to much else each day, but I'm going to set time aside each day and pop it in my calendar to at least start off with a couple each day and build up. I would recommend this course, which has been put together by a team of specialists in this area, who have made such advice easily accessible to those of us who need it and need help in managing our pain and the impact it has on our lives. Thank you to the team.

Exercises and relaxation all very helpful to me.

I found Pathway through Pain informative and helpful, giving strategies in manageable chunks. The strategies are easy to incorporate into daily life and do make a difference to pain and feelings surrounding pain and it’s effects. Having ongoing access to the library has been invaluable. Thank you.