Course to help with pain control

A FREE course is being offered this month to people with chronic pain.

The five-week course, delivered by Pain Association Scotland alongside Angus Health & Social Care Partnership, aims to improve quality of life for people motivated to find out what they can do to self-manage their pain.

People aged 18 and over will be invited to an introductory two-and-a-halfhour session in Monifieth, which can be followed up with a further four sessions.

Rhona Guild, primary care manager, Angus Health & Social Care Partnership, said: “Selfmanagement is an important approach to health that explores the things that you can do to improve the quality of your life despite a painful condition.

“It is not a replacement for medicine and doesn’t provide direct pain relief, however, it helps lots of people to cope better with a difficult situation.

“Improved self-management of their condition can make a difference to people’s lives and these afternoon sessions offer short, intense training in the self-management approach to chronic pain.

“Feedback from others who have completed the course has been very positive.”

Anyone i nterested i n booking a place on the course or simply requiring more information is invited to call the Primary Care Team on 01307 474889.

They can also email achppatientcourses.tayside@nhs.net.