Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (In-person) is a workshop for those living with chronic pain such as arthritis, backpain, neck pain, headache, or pelvic pain. Participants learn the skills to manage their pain on day to day basis: exercise, healthy eating, cognitive pain management. as well as how to deal with such concerns as fatigue, sleep problems, difficult emotions, weight loss, communicating with family, friends, and coworkers. Core self-management skills taught include action planning, problem solving and decision making.

• Target audience: Adults, 18 years and older, living with chronic pain.
• Health outcomes:
  • Less pain: (Improved quality, problem, severity)
  • Other outcomes: (Less depression, less dependency, increased self-efficacy, improved role behaviors and life satisfaction)
• Delivered by: 2 trained peer facilitators
• Program type: Group
• Format: In-person
• Length: 6 weekly, 2.5-hour sessions
• Training: In-person
• Professional required: No
• Accessibility adaptations available: Yes
• Cultural adaptations available: Yes
• Available in languages other than English: Spanish, French Canadian
• Topic(s):
  • Medication Management
  • Nutrition
  • Pain Management
  • Physical Activity
• Contact: Contact the Self-Management Resource Center

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