Understanding the person experiencing pain

As a healthcare practitioner, you know that pain is more than just physical discomfort. It can have a profound impact on a patient’s emotional and social wellbeing. That is why we have developed an immersive 3-day course to equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to provide compassionate, effective care to those experiencing acute or persistent pain.
Our humanistic approach emphasises the importance of understanding the complex interplay of factors that contribute to a patient’s pain experience. Through interactive lectures, case studies, and hands-on exercises, you’ll learn how to engage with patients in a meaningful way, develop tailored care plans, and implement evidence-informed interventions that support recovery and improve quality of life.
You will explore a range of topics, including theories of enactivism, embodiment and ecological psychology, Free Energy Principle and predictive processing, interoception and allostasis, pain science, and the neurophysiological and psychological effects of affective touch and manual therapy. You will gain a deep understanding of how bodily symptoms are part of a dynamic process of sensemaking, inseparable from the lived body and its environment.
By the end of this course, you will be better equipped to provide person-centred care that is both effective and compassionate. You will have the knowledge and skills to transform the way you approach musculoskeletal care and help your patients achieve better outcomes. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to elevate your practice and make a difference in the lives of your patients. 

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the complex interplay of factors that contribute to a patient’s pain experience, including the importance of theoretical frameworks such as enactivism, Free Energy Principle,
predictive processing, and active inference in musculoskeletal care.

• Develop and implement tailored care plans using evidence-informed interventions that support recovery and improve quality of life for patients experiencing acute or persistent pain, drawing on a deep understanding of the various factors involved in the pain experience.

• Effectively communicate with patients to build robust therapeutic alliances considering the individual needs and preferences of each patient and applying the principles of biobehavioral synchrony with the help of handson care strategies.

• Reconceptualise musculoskeletal care as (En)active Inference, challenging traditional models of care and improving outcomes for patients experiencing pain through the implementation of evidence-informed interventions that support recovery and improve quality of life.

• Enhance clinical assessment skills to improve the outcomes of personcentred care approaches,  incorporating new ideas such as prediction error minimisation, sense-making, and the biology of the neuro-endocrineimmune system, homeostasis and  allostasis.

• Develop enhanced clinical assessment skills to better understand the factors that contribute to a patient’s pain experience, incorporating new ideas such as prediction error minimisation, sense-making, and the biology of the
neuroendocrine-immune system, homeostasis and  allostasis.