Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain Workshop Series

Are you living with pain or caring for someone with chronic pain?

Overview

Living with chronic pain can be a lonely and challenging journey, but you’re not alone. Our 6-week Chronic Pain Self-Management Workshop offers not just coping strategies, but a community that understands. Discover how to reclaim your life from pain’s grip and find comfort in shared experiences and collective wisdom.

This program helps people who:

Live with any kind of chronic or ongoing pain
Feel “stuck” or that change is difficult

Topics include:

Understanding Chronic Pain: Gain insights into what pain is and how it affects the body and mind.

Mind-Body Techniques: Learn about the mind-body connection and how to use distraction techniques to manage pain.

Quality Sleep: Discover strategies for getting a good night’s sleep, crucial for pain management.

Action Planning: Develop personalized action plans to improve daily functioning.

Problem-Solving Skills: Acquire skills to effectively solve problems related to chronic pain.

Pacing and Values: Identify your values for pacing activities to prevent overexertion.

Healthy Eating: Understand the role of nutrition in managing chronic pain.

Exercise: Learn about the Moving Easy Program and endurance exercises to maintain flexibility and strength.

Embrace this opportunity to learn, share, and grow with others who truly understand what you’re going through. Sign up today and start your journey towards a life with less pain and more joy.

Workshop format:

Participants attend 2.5hr sessions, once weekly for 6 weeks. The workshop is interactive and is limited to groups of 10-15 people.

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More Resources for Chronic Pain

Collage of participants in the workshop created by Stanford University

Chronic Disease Self Management Workshop

November 18, 2015

Want to learn more about the Living a Healthy Life Workshop offered across the South West? The workshop created by Stanford University is led by peer leaders around the world. The South Dakota video shares what participants gain during the 6 weeks.

Image of a workshop participant getting interviewed.

Living a Healthy Life - Participant Experience Video

June 25, 2015

Workshop Participants share their experiences with the Living a Healthy Life Workshop Series.

Healthy Living Workshop - Participant Testimonial

April 8, 2015

Ruth Ann shares her experience from her time as participant in Stanford's Living Healthy workshop series.

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Get Involved - Volunteer!

Peer Leaders are volunteers who facilitate the Living a Healthy Life workshop series.

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Host a Workshop

Help people with chronic conditions to live a healthy life: Host a workshop at your organization!

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"I accomplished more by planning to get things done and setting a goal. Talking to other people who have experienced anxiety and other health problems has helped as well."

– S. D. (participant )
“It was great to meet others with the same condition. We were able to vent our feelings freely and offered each other encouragement and support. Everyone learned that we are not alone.”

– P. H. (participant newly diagnosed with Diabetes)
“The Self-Management Program benefited me personally, and in ways beyond my expectations. The program provided me with the needed guidance and tactics to tackle my primary health concern - chronic sleeping problems and fatigue."

-B.T. (participant living with chronic fatigue)

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519-421-5691

or 1-855-463-5692 (toll-free)

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Land Acknowledgement Statement

We acknowledge that South West Self Management is situated on unceded traditional territories of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Neutral peoples and is connected to the Dish with One Spoon wampum, under which multiple nations agreed to care for the land and its resources by the Great Lakes in peace.