Pathway through Pain Arvostelua 

it was fine, just was old news for me , just going threw things i already knew

I found the course helpful especially the guided meditations. They helped me into a relaxed state and that eased the tension in my body. A way to turn the volume down on my pain. The speakers were informative and empathetic. I felt they spoke to me not at me.
Worth doing the course to have some tools to help take back some control.

Having lived with my pain for 40 years I am confident with dealing with it, one or two of the exercises were helpful but mostly I felt a little patronised, what I needed from MSK was a reason for what was happening so I could understand how to adjust, now I have new symptoms I will be returning to my GP and hopefully get some answers

Was ok. But felt didn't help me much and I'm sorry but it was a no for me

I followed the course and got some benefits from it. I was already exercising but realised I was expecting to be able to do more than I really can so learning to pace myself has been helpful. Some of the meditations were very good although I could easily have shot the seagull, far too noisy!
Unfortunately I get excruciating pain quite often and I cannot agree that some of the suggestions work. I am an ex yoga teacher so realise the benefits of gentle exercise and meditation but sometimes the pain is so bad it’s almost impossible to do anything about it. I think it’s been quite helpful but it’s not the answer to my pain

Very helpful and useful to reflect online.

This was actually very pleasant and helpful to do, you get reminders if you forget which sometimes you do if you are having a not very good week.
The relaxation video's are fabulous especially the beach 1 and the exercise video's are beneficial to do, more stretching than exercise, all the video's stay in ur library so you know where they are, the most useful tip I found working for me is the grain of rice tip, everytime I spasm I roll the imaginary rice grain and it takes my mind off the spasm, very informative guide for someone who wasn't sure they would get anything from it. Highly recommend!!

I was a little sceptical but was proved wrong. Learnt some new techniques

A lot of it I already know, I was in the armed forces and I know how to actually walk, swim and "go and do some ironing" hahaha.
Anyway I need more pain medication not videos on how to listen to some music and look at the stars. I would actually like to speak to someone at the painteam ' two year waiting list' I've been told, we'll I probably won't be walking by then and in a wheelchair, at least I'll have more time to watch stupid videos. 🙄😊

Consolidating the different ways of managing long term chronic pain was extremely helpful and useful

All advice easy to follow every section explained in detail. Found it most helpful will continue with all advise in the future.

Their words feel like they describe your situation exactly; you feel like they've lived through it personally and understand it, but it doesn't cure you 100%. It only greatly helps you learn how to deal with the situation, overcome it, and live your daily life.

Very informative
Lots of great ideas & tools for managing living with pain.

This is a great course for handling and understanding pain. It provides many videos and much information that you get to keep. They are patient with your progress.

It was good to see that most of what was talked about I could relate to, so I know I’m not the only one. However most of the physical aspects I already was aware of so I didn’t really benefit from them. Other parts were great though like the meditation videos to help relax.

It was just no help at all

Helpful tips

I’ve been on pain management clinic intermittently due to clinics being closed twice and administrative blunders. There has been no urgency to my necessary re-referrals and I’ve been through the Pathway through Pain programme or it’s predecessor a number of times. It’s pretty depressing to suffer an injury in 2018 and being medicated since with my circumstances getting worse and access to services also getting worse. I was discharged from my last pain clinic because they no longer met criteria to be a pain clinic. At the time of choosing they were the only green = good, coded clinic.

When my first appointment arrived they explained they didn’t manage medication (no prior information regarding this).

The information provided in the PTP is a repetition and didn’t assist pain management for me. It was very discouraging.

Hello.
I enjoyed the program and learned few things. I wish there was a book that I could order so I could go back to it and read.
Thanks