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

I found this course to be useful and informative. It has certainly given me an insight into how I deal with pain and what to do to keep going. All the professionals were extremely encouraging, offered clear practical advice, tips and helpful videos and audio. The course has been easy to fit in with my life and work and I would recommend anyone to give it a go. I will continue to practice what I've learned and thank the team for their efforts. Having people who understand what I'm going through has made me feel less isolated.

The course is very good. Unfortunately I had a personal tragedy when I lost my son. He was awaiting open heart surgery but unfortunately he never got it in time due to the waiting list. This has left me feeling really down. I am awaiting counselling from Cruse. I do love your meditation parts of the course and I will continue to practice them. Thank you..

I would like to thank everyone, who has given of their time and experience during this course, which is much appreciated. I did take some time to complete the course unfortunately, due to a fall, resulting in a head injury, however the fact that the participant can go at their own pace is a great idea. I am continuing to try to walk more and try keep myself more mobile, which is my main aim just now. I have been very fortunate with the advice and care given, by the professionals on this course, my excellent GP, Surgeon and pain clinic nurse, with which I would not have coped over the past few years. Thank you for all your help. 

Thank you to the team that has worked so hard putting together this course. I work in Academia and know how much work is needed to put together an online course. I really enjoyed this course and it was great being able to do it online, although I missed chatting with other people. The contents are great and so are the specialists!

Really helpful and well thought out course. My only comment is that it would be useful to be able to go back to a particular module (especially the videos) to refresh your memory. Thanks again.

Worth doing even if it just helps with a little bit. The relaxation videos are quite nice to keep.

The course has helped me to manage my pain and if a flare up occurs, how I can deal with it. Many thanks.

Found the meditation excellent when I am alone. I can drift off into bliss. I prefer to listen to my music and play the story in my brain but relief is great.

I was very skeptical when I started, but a true believer at the end. The course has helped me move from a victim of pain to a survivor. The reminders were really useful and prompted me to keep going. Thank you NHS for an "alternative" way of helping me reclaim my life and vitality.

A very good course recommend to others with consistent pain. Many Thanks.

I would like to say a big thank you for making me see things in a positive way instead of the negative thoughts I used to have.

I found the course good as I could do it online and not in groups. Some bits found it bit not for me but other steps were good and interesting to do .

I must admit when I first started I thought how is this going to help me. But I also admit when I am wrong, it was an amazing course and it really has helped me get back on my feet! Thank you.

I have found the course to be extremely helpful and enlightening. Gaining more knowledge in how I can control my pain intensity is very beneficial. My problems stem from Radiotherapy damage to my abdomen after having advanced cancer of the cervix. Internal damage resulted in my having a Colostomy and an Urostomy Stoma formed 16 years ago. I had Adhesiolysis Surgery 5 years ago to help with persistent bowel stricture, both stomas were reformed, unfortunately the problem has recently recurred causing acute abdominal pain with sickness. Your relaxation tapes are immensely helpful to help me control the pain and get through each abdominal spasm. Thank you so very much. Learning to pace myself has helped a great deal and I can manage to get through daily chores a little easier. I do find some of the exercises painful. I find the course very beneficial and will continue to make your advice part of my daily routine. 

Since doing the course I have been doing my exercises every day and found that I'm managing my condition a lot better. The pain never goes away but I can get on with my everyday life. So a huge thank you to you all.

Doing this course hasn't changed our situation much - we still have pain and are still very tired because of it. So why should you bother? It is not a magic wand but it certainly counts close as the next best thing. The professionals interviewed here give confidence that they really understand your problems and are working hard to help - they really do care. The counsel they give, the exercises to work through and the audio clips provided come together to form a useful set of tools that *will* help you to navigate through your situation. Not only will it help you begin to feel more settled and confident, it will help you to make real progress - the kind that is classed as success. It took us some time to finish the course because of our issues; we were frequently delayed for one reason and another. Nevertheless, when resuming the sessions it was surprising just how intuitive and quickly joined-up everything became. Definitely time well spent. Definitely something we'd struggle without.

I can't thank you all, or back2health enough for giving me my life back. My pain, for years, dictated how I lived my life and stopped me doing things as I was too afraid of the pain. Now, with simple exercise and understanding, I am able to live my life fuller. I know how far I can push myself and even a little further, with the techniques you've shown me. This is something I will continue to use and enjoy feeling normal again. Thank you so very much.

This course has been far better than I expected. In particular I have found the meditation very helpful. The whole experience has given me a positive outlook on life. I cannot begin to tell you what a difference this course has already made to my life. Thank you so much, I feel much more positive now about managing my chronic pain.

I really enjoyed the course it covered much more than I anticipated. It was well structured and it was also well delivered and varied. As I usually go at top speed at things, this was very nice only to be able to do a fraction at a time. I'm very pleased that I did this course as I have actually made time for myself.

I didn't realise there is so much to learn about pain and I thought I knew a fair amount. The course is valuable as it has helped me come to terms with my Chronic Pain diagnosis as I worked through the steps. It wasn't always easy to be motivated, but after completing a stage I felt better, enlightened and empowered by the knowledge. I have learned not to be so afraid of my pain and to own my condition and have better input in treatment and explaining any changes in my condition. Thank you for helping me.

Really found the meditation helpful. Have been able to add part of my goals into my performance management at work. Sorry it is over.

The course is a great idea but sadly with my condition only the meditation helped for a while, positive thinking also goes a long way.

I am pleased to have completed the course, I have found it to be interesting and a useful resource, I will keep up with the meditation and exercises.

Reassured me that it was ok to work through my back pain and to make every effort to maintain activity at all times.

Glad I did the course. The meditation is very good very helpful