Understanding chronic pain to live better

Content

• What is pain?;
• The history of pain;
• Epidemiology and the economic impact of pain;
• The social impact of pain and the role of Social Determinants;
• Concepts about pain;
• Basic anatomical aspects of pain;
• Basic neurophysiological aspects of pain;
• Types of pain;
• Primary pain;
• Secondary pain;
• Pain and the biopsychosocial model;
• Cognition, emotion and behavior;
• Pain and limiting beliefs;
• Beliefs about the body and pain;
• Pain and movement;
• Pain and bed rest;
• Hypervigilance;
• Beliefs about the body (alignment and structures);
• Pain and complementary exams;
• What health professionals say and what patients feel;
• Work and pain;
• The new science of pain rehabilitation;
• Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary treatments for pain;
• People-centered health care;
• The effects of the main therapeutic treatments for pain;
• Physiotherapeutic treatments for pain;
• Pain treatment;
• Exercise and pain;
• Self-knowledge and pain management;
• Life purpose and pain management;
• Yoga and pain;
• Meditation and pain;
• Approaches related to lifestyle, steps to modifying pain;
• Acceptance strategies;
• Strategies to accept pain;
• Habits for improving sleep quality
• Relaxation practice;
• Planning and managing activities;
• Changing beliefs and thoughts;
• The habit of exercising;
• Strategies to improve social interactions and relationships.