Know PAIN Know GAIN

Pain is complex. Current medical treatments are limited, invasive (pills, surgeries, and injections), outdated, and often ineffective. Similar to me, maybe you have tried numerous fixes and have been released from rehab--but maybe you still hurt or haven’t been able to return to all the sports and activities you desire. Good News! Research now proves that there are better, more successful approaches to recovery. There is scientifically-based hope that you can heal and return to an active lifestyle. Yahoo!

You see, chronic pain is not merely an issue of the tissues. Research is finding that pain and body damage are not the same. Rather, you can have pain without tissue damage and tissue damage without pain. This leads to the conclusion that many factors contribute to pain, and that these factors are within your control. Hence, when we treat chronic musculoskeletal pain as merely a damaged tissue issue with only physical methods, we often fail. Instead, in order to recover, we need a whole person approach. This is what we'll be exploring together in this group, using scientifically proven information and strategies.

However, KNOWing the facts and figures about pain is not enough to achieve the GAINs you desire. Believe me, I tried to study my way out of chronic pain. It doesn’t work. And it especially doesn’t work when some of the fundamental concepts are counter to common knowledge, societal standards, and personal experience. Merely learning the data about chronic pain will not heal you. The GAINs only happen when you apply this information to your pain and your life story. Yes, this is difficult. But it is easier within the security of a supportive group that is led by a coach who has been there. Read my story.

Content for this program is drawn from leaders in the fields of pain neuroscience, including but not limited to the following professionals:

• Lorimer Moseley, PhD, FACP and David Butler, MAppSc, EdD, authors of Explain Pain & The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer
• Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, author of Why Do I Hurt?
• Howard Schubiner, MD, author of Unlearn Your Pain
• David Hanscom, MD, author of Back in Control
• Alan Gordon, LCSW, author of The Way Out

What you will GAIN from this coaching program

• Evidence-based KNOWledge about what pain is, how it works, and why your pain won't go away.
• Understanding of the many contributors to your chronic pain and the consequent numerous ways you can reduce it.
• Guidance on the first steps you’ll take to turn down the intensity of your pain.
• KNOWledge about what flare-ups are and how to deal with them.
• Awareness of the pain story you are telling yourself, including your thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and opinions about chronic pain, and how this narrative impacts your recovery.
• Validation that your pain is real, and that it can change.
• Trust in KNOWing when it is okay to move, exercise, or play sports and when rest is best.
• Advice on how to design and safely progress your exercise routine and sports participation.
• A new relationship with yourself and your pain that includes increased confidence, less fear, higher self-awareness, more kindness, and greater hope.
• KNOWing how and why you need to balance your nervous system for lasting pain relief.