Ten Footsteps
Our flagship training programme equips practitioners to promote pain self-management
Three online half-days sessions.
Welcome to the Training Zone
Designed and delivered by expert practitioners along with people with lived experience, our training courses for practitioners develop their confidence in guiding people to self-manage their pain.
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The Ten Footsteps Training Programme – transform the way you work with pain
Ten Footsteps is our flagship training programme. Accredited by the Personalised Care Institute, it is based on the core self-management themes embedded in Live Well with Pain’s respected Ten Footsteps approach, which is increasingly being adopted by practitioners across the UK.
The 10.5 hour course is delivered online via Zoom and runs across three half-day sessions, spread over a period of three weeks so that participants can practice their skills in everyday work situations between sessions.
The total cost for the three sessions is £220.
Discounts are available for groups of three or more – get in touch to find out about our group discounts.
At the end of the course, participants have the key skills and tools they need to be able to confidently guide people on their journey to becoming effective self managers of their pain.
See below for upcoming dates . . .
“The resources were superb”
“Helped me put together a toolkit that I can use to support patients going forward”
“It gave me everything I needed and more”
Ten Footsteps course 31:
Begins Thursday 17 September, 9.30am–1pm
with further sessions at the same time on the following two Thursdays
Book your place here
Ten Footsteps course 32:
Begins Tuesday 27 October, 9.30am–1pm
with further sessions at the same time on the following two Tuesdays
Book your place here
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Introduction to Nutrition and Pain
Online | Monday 14 September | 12 noon–2pm
Led by Dr Graham Dunthorne and nutritionist Georgia Spence
With a growing recognition of the role of nutrition in pain management, this session explores key considerations and practical applications for clinical practice.
This online workshop will equip you with the skills and confidence to integrate nutrition into your clinical or community-based practice.
Cost: £60
Early bird discount: £50 for a limited time only.
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Better Sleep, Better Health – a practical approach to chronic pain and sleep
Online | Wednesday 11 November | 1–3pm
Led by Dr Laura Hissey and Dr Graham Dunthorne, with Ann Livingstone
Sleep disturbance is a common issue in chronic pain – and one where improvement in both pain and sleep is possible. As the third most important health impact for those with pain, it makes sense for practitioners to focus their efforts on guiding people to sleep well.
In this online workshop you will learn:
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How to dispel myths and discuss what normal sleep is for the patient
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Practical sleep hygiene advice, relaxation strategies and resources you can share
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Ways of assessing – and addressing – co-morbid conditions such as depression, obstructive sleep apnoea, and medication side effects
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When to explore more on insomnia with patients
Cost: £60
Early bird discount: £50 for a limited time only.
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Addiction, Anxiety and Chronic Pain – practical alternatives to medication
Online | Monday 16 November | 1–3pm
Led by Dr Eleanor Holmes and Paul Bibby, with Darrell Price
More details to follow.
Cost: £60
Early bird discount: £50 for a limited time only.
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Creating safety to support change –
trauma-informed conversations
Online | Friday 20 November | 12.30–2.30pm
Led by Dr Sebastián Senociaín, with Darrell Price
What happens when we stop trying to fix the pain and start creating the conditions in which change becomes possible? This practical, interactive workshop explores how trauma, stress and nervous system responses can influence persistent pain, and how our consultations can either reinforce threat or create safety.
You will leave with practical tools you can use immediately in your conversations and outside of the consultation room, helping you feel more confident when these interactions become emotionally challenging, when patients feel stuck, or when you don’t have another treatment to offer.
Cost: £60
Early bird discount: £50 for a limited time only.
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Pain Cafés – what, why and how!
Online | Wednesday 25 November | 1–3pm
Led by Dr Eleanor Holmes, with Sue Crisfield and Darrell Price
Pain cafés are increasingly being recognised as delivering effective, sustainable pain community support. Workshop led by people with real world experience of setting up and running pain cafés, both clinical and non-clinical.
In this online workshop you will learn:
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What is a pain café, and why do we need them – the latest evaluation data and real world experience
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Different funding models and importance of cross-sector collaboration and partnership working
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Who make good facilitators? What has worked in our experience setting up pain cafés across the UK
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Training and practical support for facilitators: gold standards to aim for
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The importance of lived experience and co-created cafés that flex to community needs and wants
Cost: £60
Early bird discount: £50 for a limited time only.
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More Skills, Less Pills
An introduction to safer prescribing and supporting pain self-management
Who is the course for?
Prescribing clinicians, pharmacists, general practitioners, or anyone involved in reviewing pain-relieving medicines for chronic pain.
Aim of the course
To increase confidence in knowledge, skills, and use of tools/resources to enable the person with pain to engage in self-care and safer use of medicines.
Course objectives
The sessions
This seven hour course is split of over two half day sessions. Delivered online via Zoom, it focuses on person-centred approaches to chronic pain and the shift from a biomedical view of pain.
Session one (more skills) offers insights into the current science of pain and how the core skills of self-management can reduce its impact on health and well-being.
The second session (less pills) explores the role of pain medicines, potential harms and ways to reduce medicines using collaborative decision-making skills and tools.
Cost
The cost for both sessions (7 hours) is £80
(group bookings of 5+ reduced to £75 pp – email lwwp.training@gmail.com)
Find out more
Get in touch to find out more about the course, group discounts and upcoming dates.
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