Supporting Wounded Veterans: Pain Resilience Programme

Supporting Wounded Veterans have set up a 5-Week Pain Resilience Programme designed specifically for Veterans.

The Pain Resilience Programme (PRP) is a 5-week veteran-specific online course. In small groups with fully qualified clinicians to help veterans struggling with chronic pain. The course provides veterans with the tools required to understand and manage their pain.

The Pain Resilience Programme includes Online sessions relating to:

• Pain Management
• Psychology of pain and resilience
• Medication review and management
• Physical interventions
• Pain management and Work/Occupation

The PRP is a group-based programme, with the group component reported as particularly helpful since it allows a discussion of pain in a safe environment with others who have had similar experiences and problems.

Through each programme, veterans have access to information on:

• The physiological response to pain, and an understanding as to why pain develops.
• The function and effects of medication on the brain, and when they are most effective. Individual advice and full support is given regarding medication reduction.
• Strategies to manage pain more successfully with the end goal of considering employment options
• Strategies to improve sleep patterns and relaxation.
• Strategies to manage negative changes in mood caused by chronic/ pain, using psychological approaches, in order to harness a better understanding of thoughts, beliefs and feelings in relation to pain and its impact on their quality of life.
• How to identify meaningful goals and work out how to achieve them.
• Specific exercises to aim to help affected areas feel less sensitive.

Criteria for joining the course

Be able to commit to a 5 week online course from home or work. You will be required to attend 2 one hour sessions weekly (Monday and Thursday afternoons) and one group session led by a SWV veteran to share your thoughts and feedback on the sessions.

Interested? Complete an online application form here