Healthy U/Chronic Pain Management
Take Control of Your Pain
Chronic pain -- pain that lasts longer than three to six months – can take both a physical and emotional toll. The Area Agency on Aging encourages you to invest six weeks to get better control of your chronic pain. Put yourself in control … not your pain!
The series of six weekly workshops will be held at the Vandalia Senior Center on Thursdays, May 19 through June 23, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The Healthy U Chronic Pain Self-Management Workshop helps people develop the skills and coping strategies to better manage their symptoms and feel healthier. It is an interactive, small group workshop that has been proven to improve quality of life and reduce health care expenses by increasing self-confidence and providing new skills.
The workshop focuses on pain management, nutrition, exercise, medication use, emotions, and communicating with doctors and family about your pain. Moving Easy, a gentle movement program, is introduced in week 3. Participants learn to manage their symptoms through action planning, interactive learning, problem-solving, and social support.
Workshops are open to adults of any age who have chronic pain and/or their caregivers. There is no charge for participants who are 60 years of age or older; younger participants pay a fee. Everyone who completes the course receives the companion textbook, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain, and the Moving Easy CD.
Space is limited and advance registration is required by contacting Toni Williams at 898-1232 or twilliams@vandaliaohio.org.
The Area Agency on Aging, PSA 2 helps older adults of west central Ohio remain in their homes with independence and dignity. We are an independent, private, nonprofit corporation that plans and funds services for older persons in Champaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery, Preble, and Shelby Counties.
at Vandalia Senior Center
21 Tionda Drive South
Vandalia, United States
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