Dial Down Your Pain – Pain Management
For people living with persistent pain who are looking for different ways to manage pain.
Beth offers introductory sessions and short courses in pain management.
Beth has worked with many people with all types of chronic pain.
By attending the intro or a dial down your pain course you’ll-
– Tips for coping with flare-ups
– Simple tools to change pain pathways
– Improved understanding pain
– Ways to break free of the chronic pain loop
– Accountability to take action
Pain Specialist, Beth Cox, will explain pain and offer ways to manage pain. The sessions are interactive and offer take-away resources to help you dial down your pain.
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Introduction – 60 min
4-Week Course
Why I’m offering these sessions
I’ve had back issue for more than twenty years.
At times my back was so bad that my legs gave way from under me. The pain and knock on affects worn me down, I was unable to do things I loved.
My world began to shrink, I became less active and found myself avoiding seeing friends and going out. It felt like my pain was all consuming.
My back was on my mind all the time, if I wasn’t in a flare-up, I was worried about what I was doing, in case it caused a flare-up.
It ruled my life.
I was in a constant battle with my body. I was so frustrated as my body was always letting me down and stopping me from fully enjoying life.
I was in a dark place with pain, so I was prepared to I try anything and everything, but nothing fixed me. Lots of things helped a bit but I was looking for the magic solution.
That was until I learnt about changing my mindset. I learnt that the only way to dial down my pain was to stop being fearful of it and to stop being in battle with it. This hasn’t been easy but I’ve learnt lots fo different tools that have help me to shift my mindset. I have learnt ways to begin befriending my body and to start listening to what my body was trying to tell me. This was the turning point where I stop trying to fix my body and instead learnt ways to live unburdened by the pain.
I found that a combined approach of both movements and changing my thoughts and feelings around pain worked best for me. I started to trust my body again, I had more energy and motivation to investigate what else could help.
I totally geeked out on the latest pain science research, so I could understand what was happening physically in my body. I also got heavily into exploring how our nervous system works and how stress levels have a massive impact on how we managed my pain.
My life started to open up again, after years of paying the price of doing too much ‘fun stuff’ I was able to get back to doing things I love.
In 2018 I completed a marathon walk (26.2 miles, 42 kilometres) for charity.
I can go kayaking around the coast and enjoy a night out dancing without worrying about how I’d feel the next day. This year I’ve even started cycling to work.
I’m sharing some of what I’ve learnt in these sessions.
After over 10 years of working as a yoga therapist, I have supported many people to release tension and improve their movement. I’ve suggested books to read and videos to watch to find out more about pain science, but I’ve realised not everyone can take in some of these big ideas. I’ve learnt that when people get to experience these ideas viscerally, by feeling changes in their body, the information is easier to digest, it becomes absorbed deeply in their body as well as their mind.
I’ve designed these sessions not only as a place to share your experiences with others but also to share some of these ideas in a way that’s easy to understand. For me, hearing about the ideas was only half of the story, testing them gave me hope that I could change my mindset and it would help me to manage the physical pain.
If you’re curious to learn more join me at an intro session and / or a short course.