People from all walks of life have discovered the life-changing benefits of self-managing pain effectively

There is no question that the professionals involved are convinced in their actions and only wish to help enable, empower the participants, to improve their varied conditions.

I have found ‘Pathway through pain’ a very useful tool in my pain management. I have gained real benefit through the personal touch of the presenters guidance and there are many aspects that I will continue to use regularly to help me. I especially like the meditations and have tried my best to use them before bed, they have made a real difference in my being able to get off to sleep and staying asleep. Thank you for helping me.

Thought the course was very interesting and some of the techniques useful. Would recommend for anyone struggling with pain.

There were several benefits that I gained from the course: 1. learnt that pain does not mean injury and exercise is good 2. Although I already know that relaxation and calmness helps with pain, the course re-enforced this for me. 3. The course helped me focus on my body and gave me the incentive the target the pain (in my face and buttocks) and relax into the pain with the power of my thoughts. 4. Although I still have the pain I can manage it by using my positive attitude. 5. I do not like taking pain killers, so I was pleased to be told that most pain killers have a limited usefulness in relieving pain and in the long run they can cause their own problems. So I will continue to resist taking pain killers.

I would highly recommend completing this course. It is easy to use with some very helpful tips & information. I am already starting to reap the benefits & becoming more active after hearing the advice provided. It has given me some great tools like learning to pace myself & for the first time in 10 years I have been able to get back out into my garden, take control again, doing SMALL amounts at a time & being mindful that when it starts hurting to stop. I have also found this a huge benefit to my mental health also.... Thank you :)

Pleasant, informative - find most things on internet difficult to follow and usually work better in a group - but this lockdown thing has set things back even more. Relaxation techniques a bonus, plus access to the library - all of the programme really thoughtful. Thanks for your help.

Thank you very much for letting me to use your program it was an interesting journey. I have learnt a lot about pacing, relaxing, connections between thoughts and pain control. I really like stretching exercises, but could do it only once a day before bed time so I could relax while lying down for hours after it. Thank you very much for letting me keep the library downloads and the journal. I find it very useful. Thanks.

Gave me lots of tools to help deal with pain

Excellent course on finding about about yourself and your pain.

I have found the course very informative. I will continue to use the library, thank you for your help.

You have to start the course with an open mind and no negativity, follow the steps and believe in them as they do help and work.

I have applied the meditation to calm me down which does help the anxiety, therefore tension is lessened and the pain not so acute because the muscles are relaxed.

I liked this online course as it was more comfortable for me to be able to do although a lot of the course I have already done with various physios and different consultants, I do self meditation and breathing techniques and this is what helps me cope. The course was a good idea for people with less complex conditions, as I find that certain things can make my body worse and after 11 years of being in pain and not having use of my legs have found what works and what doesn't, I am glad this course has helped other sufferers.

Bit skeptical when I started - I work full-time and unable to attend classes - felt much of the course is aimed at people who are older/not working but did find other areas particularly useful- mixed bag I suppose

A great informative course. This was recommended by the pain management team. I’ve already started to use some of the techniques from the course. Loving the meditations and will be using these regularly to help me be more in control and manage my pain.

I found the course very educational and helpful I am finding different ways to address and deal with my persistent pain many thanks.

This course put everything into perspective, not allowing the pain I do experience to rule my life, rather I rule it and can manage it. It is something I have to live with, it will never go away but I can learn to own it and manage it.

I feel that this course is not aimed at my age group. I feel that some of the suggestions offered on this online course and the programme while I attended can not be carried out by younger people who have to work. I feel that it would have been a lot better if I was able to choose how many steps I could complete each time rather than being limited because some days are better than others and some days I feel more motivated. This would have meant I was able to complete the course a lot quicker.

I found the relaxation and meditation videos a great help. These helped me relax and get to sleep a lot easier.