Explain Pain Online

If you have any questions about this course, please contact infouk@noigroup.com

This course will be recorded and is available to join live or watch on demand

Course Times

The complete NOI Explain Pain course delivered over 4 online sessions.

• Session 1: Monday 6 October 2025, 10.00 - 14.00 (BST)

• Session 2: Monday 13 October 2025,10.00 - 14.00 (BST)

• Session 3: Monday 20 October 2025, 10.00 - 14.00 (BST)

• Session 4: Monday 27 October 2025, 10.00 - 14.00 (GMT)

All times are BST/GMT. If you are joining live from outside the UK, please check your local time

Presented in English

We will also be recording the live sessions. This means you can now choose to attend the sessions live or watch on demand. Recordings will be available to watch each day after the live session has ended and will be available to watch until April 2026.

Description

• Explain Pain Online – live or On Demand
• The course will be live and delivered via Zoom
• Class sizes are kept small to maximise interaction and time for questions
• NOI’s usual high quality
• Comprehensive teaching materials will be provided online for you to download

In a world experiencing an epidemic of chronic pain and increasing evidence of the failure of synthetic drugs, simple but extremely powerful educational tools can effectively target the natural pain treatment systems within us all.

Knowledge is power. In the new series of Explain Pain courses delivered by NOI instructors around the world, contemporary pain sciences are made accessible and understandable for all.

We know more about pain in the last twenty years than in the thousand years before and it’s all providing answers to “why do I hurt the way I do” and “what can I do about it”. The knowledge is applicable to young and old, from back pain to hemiplegia and general aching to the complexities of phantom pain and complex regional pain syndrome.

Explain Pain works to reduce catastrophisation and negative pain beliefs and when combined with active treatment, reduces pain and enhances return to work and play. Explain Pain has no side effects, is available around the clock, and you can share the knowledge and strategies with others.

Don’t miss this opportunity. NOI Explain Pain courses are fun, intellectually stimulating, based on evidence, always challenging, and integrate the Explain Pain ecosystem of Explain Pain, The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer, and Explain Pain Supercharged. You will come away with the most impressive therapeutic tool set ever!

Some Practicalities

• The course will be presented live, by zoom
• The teacher and the participants are all present on screen.
• You can choose to have your video on or off for the lectures. It is better to have it on for group work but not essential.
• You will be guided when you need to mute your sound or make it live for discussion and group work.
• The course is a combination of lectures and practical sessions spread over 16 hours.
• There are small group activates in breakout sessions throughout the course where participants are allocated to a group to complete tasks.
• There are also theory sessions and discussion and question time.
• The teacher shares their screen to show PowerPoint presentation.
• You will be sent an online workbook and links to the Zoom meetings a week before the course.

Instructor

Laura Rathbone, BA BSc MSc

Specialised Pain Therapist and Clinical Educator

Laura Rathbone is a highly skilled pain therapist and clinical educator with a deep commitment to advancing pain science and compassionate care. With an extensive academic background, including an MSc in Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy and dual degrees in Physiotherapy and International Journalism, Laura brings a unique interdisciplinary perspective to her practice. She is currently preparing for a PhD project exploring pain and altered states of consciousness, further cementing her expertise in the field.

Driven by both personal and professional experiences, Laura’s approach is deeply rooted in evidence-based practice, psychological insight, and inclusivity. Having witnessed the impact of chronic pain within her own family, she is dedicated to fostering therapeutic spaces that are both intersectional and psychologically informed. She has undertaken extensive training in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and pain science, equipping her to provide holistic, patient-centred care. Her clinical work spans specialised pain management services, including her roles at Fysio Zuidereng in Kuria Hospice and OLVG PijnPoli in Amsterdam, where she supports individuals with complex and chronic pain conditions.

Beyond her clinical practice, Laura is a passionate educator, providing professional coaching and supervision to multidisciplinary clinicians working in pain management. She also offers virtual consultations for individuals navigating persistent pain, integrating movement-based therapies, pain neuroscience education, and psychological flexibility techniques. Laura’s unwavering dedication to high-quality, research-led care makes her a valuable addition to the faculty, where she will contribute her expertise to shaping the next generation of pain-informed clinicians. https://www.laurarathbone.com

Pre-requisites

A strength of the Explain Pain course is that participants come from many professions, so come with an open mind. Pre-reading the Explain Pain Second Edition book would also be beneficial.

Other related reading: Moseley GL & Butler DS (2015) Fifteen years of Explaining Pain: the past, the present and future.J Pain 16, 803-13.

This course is open to:

Health professionals working with patients or clients in acute and chronic pain and stress states.

Objectives

• By the end of this course participants will have:
• reconceptualised pain and stress based on neuroimmunology, modern pain sciences and bioplasticity of homeostatic systems
• constructed a conceptual change framework to deliver individual and group educational therapy
• gained an understanding of the growing evidence for Explain Pain and recognise opportunities to integrate Explain Pain with other biopsychosocial evidence based strategies.
• gathered a collection of therapeutic narratives using metaphor, literal story and linked multimedia, and the skills to construct patient centred education interventions in real time
• developed the skills to use the Protectometer to identify immediately applicable and educationally informed multimodal treatment strategies
• built the confidence to plan and deliver treatment for all patients with persistent pain and stress, and educate other stakeholders

Terms and conditions | Refund Policy

Attendees can receive a full refund up to 30 days before the event start date, less the Eventbrite booking fee. Within 30 days, no refund.

In the event of NOI having to cancel the course due to unforeseen circumstances notification will be sent as soon as possible via your contact details provided and registrants will receive a full refund of the course fee.

Course places are secured once payment has been successfully processed.