Free workshops to help those with chronic pain live well in SE Alta.

Local residents living with chronic pain have an opportunity to join a free Alberta Health Services (AHS) program designed to help them manage their pain so they can live a satisfying and fulfilling life.

Better Choices, Better Health is a sixweek series of workshops designed to support Albertans living with chronic pain. The workshop sessions are led by trained volunteers, many of whom live with a chronic pain. This approach ensures an understanding of the challenges participants face and provides a supportive and welcoming environment. Better Choices, Better Health focuses on teaching tools and techniques common to all chronic pain, with an appreciation that there is no one treatment or approach that is right for everyone.

Topics include:

· Overcoming the physical and emotional challenges of living with chronic pain.

· Making positive nutrition and active living choices.

· Setting personal goals and acting on your plans.

Workshops will run from 6 - 8:30 p.m. on six consecutive Wednesdays from March 13 - April 17 at the Medicine Hat Library. You are welcome to bring a friend or family member with you, and everyone is asked to register in advance to ensure there is enough room. To register, call 403529-8969 or toll free at 1-866-795-9709.