1st European Supported Pain Self-Management Conference

The title of the conference is... Supported Pain Self Management Works

Message from Pete Moore

Thanks for dropping by and considering registering for the Conference.

To the best of my knowledge, this is the first pain self management conference, that has being organised by self managers of pain and healthcare professionals who support them

Who is this conference for?

It is for people who are living with persistent pain and would like to hear from others, who have successfully managed their pain.

It is also for healthcare professionals who currently support people with persistent pain and would like to learn some extra skills.

Organisers

• Pete Moore
• Grainne Daniels
• Keith Meldrum

Support team

• Dave Oxley

Time of the Conference

9.00am until 1.30pm UK time

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Language

The Coverence will be in English, but if English is not your first language or have a hearing impairment, the Zoom Closed Caption will be turned on so you can follow the conference presenters.

Format of the webinar

The webinar will be approximately 3.5hrs long and also be recorded and sent to everyone who has registered.

This conference is a unique opportunity to watch or hear healthcare professionals and people with a living experience of persistent pain, share their expertise with you and others.

How does it work?

Each speaker will present for 20mins and ask questions for 10mins

Between each speaker, we will have a pacing break to allow people watching/hearing to get up and move around. Presenters as well.

Registrations

Everyone who registers will receive a video link of the recording, so if you cannot make it, do not worry, you will not miss out.

50% of the registration fees will be sent to an organisation who supports self-managment and 50% to the Pain Toolkit to support it's upkeep.

Presenters

Remco Hoogendijk - Netherlands

Innovation Manager Sint Maartenskliniek, lead partner VR4REHAB

Remco is the Innovation Manager at the Sint Maartens Clinic and is engaged in identifying, introducing and implementing exponential techniques in healthcare. Such as Virtual Reality, Sensor Tech, Serious Gaming, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.

VR4Pain

Keith Meldrum - Canada (International Speaker)

Keith has lived with persistent neuropathic pain for 38 years.

Since 2005, he has been managing his persistent pain with neuromodulation as well as supported self-management.

He has been involved in pain and health advocacy for 13 years as a presenter and local, national, and international pain education conferences, as a guest lecturer at the University of British Columbia (Canada), and through his Facebook blog A Path Forward

He has co-authored peer-reviewed articles and Pain Toolkits and is involved in several ongoing funded projects.

Keith is a founding Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain’s Global Alliance of Partners for Pain Advocacy, a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain member of Pain and of Pain Canada’s National Advisory Committee.

Dr. Nathan Hutting - Netherlands

He is currently working as an associate professor at the HAN University of Applied Sciences, research group Occupation & Health in the Netherlands as well as a physiotherapist and manual therapist in a private practice and is a board member of the Dutch Association for Manual Therapy and is the Member Organisation delegate of the Netherlands in the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists.

His current research topics include (work related) musculoskeletal conditions, self-management, shared decision making, work focused healthcare, and safe treatment of the cervical spine.

Nathan has given many (inter)national presentations and chaired focused symposia at World Physiotherapy congresses in 2017, 2019 and 2021 at the IFOMPT conference in 2016 and I have also published about 30 peer-reviewed articles and has been successful in obtaining more than 800.000 euro in research funding (as primary applicant or co-applicant).

• Ruth Barber (Quigley)

Ruth is an Yoga Teacher and also an experienced pain self manager.

Watch an interview Ruth did with Pete Moore here called “Pain management: hard, exhausting, consuming & upsetting (but) ...the alternative is unthinkable”

Dr Lizzie Doherr - Clinical Psychologist

Dr Lizzie Doherr has worked clinically as a Clinical Psychologist for the past 24 years.

She currently works in the NHS in Cancer Psychology and ME/CFS Services across Lincolnshire. Prior to this role she worked for 4 years as Psychology Lead for the Lincolnshire Community Pain Management Service delivering group-based Pain Management Programmes and individual therapy sessions for those living with persistent pain.

Prior to this role, she worked for 19 years in Neurological Rehabilitation.

She has a passion for supporting people to learn skills and strategies that can empower them to live well alongside their health condition with a particular emphasis on bringing an understanding of concepts such as acceptance and self-compassion into her therapy work. She enjoys sharing knowledge and learning from each person she works with.