{"id":13645,"date":"2021-06-18T08:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T12:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec-draft\/?p=13645"},"modified":"2022-12-12T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T17:17:07","slug":"cpsmp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/cpsmp\/","title":{"rendered":"Chronic Pain Self- Management Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/programs\/patients\/\">\u2190 Back<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Chronic Pain Self Management Program* is a six week program led by two peer facilitators pairs participants with the equips participants with the tools needed to manage pain.&nbsp;&nbsp;Classes are highly participative, where mutual support and success build the participants\u2019 confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Charter, Georgia, serif;font-size: 20px\">Relaxation techniques, action plans, and pacing activity and rest are a few of the methods discussed in this group-based program to equip participants with the tools needed to manage pain.&nbsp; Subjects covered in the workshop include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Techniques to deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, isolation, and poor sleep<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance<\/li>\n<li>Appropriate use of medications<\/li>\n<li>Communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals<\/li>\n<li>Nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Pacing activity and rest<\/li>\n<li>Evaluating new treatments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Each participant in the workshop receives a copy of the companion book, Living a Healthy Life With Chronic Pain and an audio relaxation CD, Relaxation for Mind and Body.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals 18 years or older, living with chronic pain, family members, caregivers, and friends are invited to participate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"_708ezkb1c\" class=\"cl-wysiwyg-loading\" data-shortcode=\"%5Bcl-notice%20title%3D%22For%20more%20information%20or%20to%20register%3A%22%20content%3D%22Contact%20the%20Community%20Health%20Network%20at%20401-432-7217%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0AOr%2C%20email%3A%20CommunityHealthNetwork%40ripin.org%22%20class%3D%22%22%20style%3D%22%22%5DContact%20the%20Community%20Health%20Network%20at%20401-432-7217%3Cbr%20%2F%3E%0AOr%2C%20email%3A%20CommunityHealthNetwork%40ripin.org%5B%2Fcl-notice%5D\">Loading&#8230;<\/div>\n<h6><em>*Workshops are offered free-of-charge. *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Chronic Pain Self- Management is being offered live on the zoom platform.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back The Chronic Pain Self Management Program* is a six week program led by two peer facilitators pairs participants with the equips participants with the tools needed to manage pain.&nbsp;&nbsp;Classes are highly participative, where mutual support and success build the participants\u2019 confidence in their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1010,"featured_media":14731,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[108,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patient-education-programs","category-workshops"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1010"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13645"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14728,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13645\/revisions\/14728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/rigec\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}