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

I enjoyed the course. I had completed 2 pain management courses previously but this course was a great refresher course. It reminded of somethings I had forgotten.

I have found the course to be extremely helpful in understanding my Pain, what it is, why it's there, the most likely causes of it and how my day to day habits had been increasing it rather than helping me, even although at the time I thought I actually was making improvements. The Steps are set out clearly, easily and simply, and having the Library available as you go is a great help. At the end of the Course I'm now so much more aware of what my Pain means and how to deal with it. As the experts have said, it will take time but I can now pace myself, setting realistic goals and more importantly achieve them. Don't think to yourself; "The sooner I finish the course the better I'll be." That's not the case! You need to take time, make notes as you go, use the Journal available to you, make sure you understand the exercises, are doing them correctly and then move on. You will get reminders to log on which is good but as you will learn through the course, one of your priorities is to pace yourself - get that right and the rest will follow.

The course helped me see a way to help myself and not to feel so alone and gave a different perspective on pain.

Help me a lot in arranging my life

Made me think about the best way to move forward and control the pain. Lots of new ideas which was useful.

I thoroughly enjoyed this course, although I wasn't expecting to! The information and guidance is paced well and it is great that there is the opton to pause while I take in information. I liked all the different approaches - especially the stretching and relaxation exerices which I know will be very useful for me in managing Fybromyalgia. I like that there is a library for me to return to at any time. I have already reduced the amount of medication I was taking which is very positive for me as I really do not want to rely on meds. In the past I was taking meds as soon as I expereinced pain; now I wait a bit and try other methods first. Before this course I hadn't really considered that 'pain does not mean damage'. A very simple but very important realisation that reduces fear and anxiety and reminds me that I can take control of managing my pain. Thank you very much to all the team for putting this course together.

I would recommend this course, the relaxation techniques are good and things are well explained. It’s not going to cure you but it’s another tool in your armoury to fight the dreaded demon pain.

This has been very helpful to me . I found it interesting and learned things I didn’t know .

In some ways the course does help, in how to think about pain or how to deal with. Just looking at it in a different way

Thank you. Any little thing to help come to terms with and to manage chronic pain is helpful and this course has been just that. The exercises are helpful and good to have to go back to.

This course really opened my eyes on how to deal with pain. It's been very helpful.

do not waste your time try and get proper medical treatment but good luck with that these days

Pain does not mean harm I don’t think this is true in my case in fact I know that if I feel sharp pain I must stop My pain is constant and that also means I have to pace myself to try and complete a task and indeed I think it will mean harm if I don’t stop

Found course helpful but I have struggled last months as sleepless nights due to ibs, dry mouth, night sweats make me wake up sometimes 10-12 times a night just aggravate everything course help reduce things

I am ever so grateful to each and every doctor on this program for your help and support . This program has given me a whole new way at looking at my pain , You have given me new management skills . I now have a whole library to use at my disposal thank you so very much , you’ve turned my mindset around on how to look at pain . I’ve lived with pain for around 15 years but now I know I just have pain in my day , where it had took over my life . I allowed it too .You gave me Meditation and management skills that have really helped me . I always thought I was damaging myself if I pushed to hard now I know I can Exercise stretch and maybe even book a massage. Ye giving me so so much more. ! All I can see is brightness ahead . Thank you to each and everyone of you . Louise Kenny

Really helpful and would like to restart the course.

This course has been so helpful, I realised that it’s more the fatigue that I struggle with than the pain and feel an increased confidence in being able to manage my symptoms. Breaking it down into bite size chunks has been a great way to make sure I pace myself through it. I’m very grateful to the team for being able to organise this, and especially for making an online self directed version available as I wouldn’t have been able to commit to in person groups. Thank you so much!

In more pain now.

I am pleased that I did the course and would definately recommend it to others in my situation. I have learnt to live with my pain and through this course have managed to control the amount of pain I am in through relaxation meditation and regularly doing the exercises. I still have bad days but take time out for them which allows me to carry on. This course has been invaluable.