Useful links relating to session FOUR & FIVE

Topic: Medication

SLIDE FROM TODAY

Common examples of ‘Analgesics and Adjuvants’, also know as pain-killers and other things you can add. Analgesics come in a range of strengths. Adjuvants come in different types, that act in different ways. THIS IS GENERAL ADVICE AND YOU SHOULD CLARIFY THE SPECIFIC MEDICATIONS FOR YOU WITH YOUR GP.

WRITTEN

Medications (this article uses the other name for paracetamol – Acetaminophen): https://www.mayoclinic.org/chronic-pain-medication-decisions/art-20360371

VIDEOS

The video on this page is a mixture of doctors discussing medication and patients talking about their experiences with different medications.

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/chronic-pain/for-everyone/pain-and-role-of-medications

Topic: ‘Boom-Bust’ Behaviour

VIDEO

‘Boom-Bust’ activity levels and their effect on pain systems:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8KyUmU0SIY

WRITTEN

The section in Greg Lehman’s book on ‘Persistence Coping’ is another way of viewing Boom-Bust behaviour, discussed on page 56 and includes the great phrase: “You can poke the bear but don’t hump the s*&t out of it!” Sometimes different wording might ‘click’ better…

http://www.greglehman.ca/

Today’s Rehabilitation Topics:

Planning, Pacing, Graded Exposure

PRODUCT

Noigroup.com for the iPad version of the Protectometer via iTunes. $15. (Not available for phones or android tablets). The protectometer also includes a useful section on planning, pacing and graded exposure.

http://www.noigroup.com/en/Product/EPHP

WRITTEN

Greg Lehman Recovery Strategies e-Book (Free). For the planning and taking action part, try using pages 50-71 for another version of what we have covered in our course. Also review the concept of Pain as an Overflowing Cup on page 31

http://www.greglehman.ca/

Online Fillable PDF “My Health Plan” from the ACI site.

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/209667/health-plan.pdf

Pacing and Goal Setting

https://painhealth.csse.uwa.edu.au/pain-module/pacing-and-goal-setting/

Get back to Meaningful Actvity!! Great excerpt from Greg Lehman’s Recovery Strategy guidebook:

Meaningful Activity