Pain Management

This distance learning course will include the following modules:

• Lesson One
  • Introduction
    • Types of pain
    • Pain relief
    • Psychological or physiological?
    • Understanding and control
    • Thresholds of pain
    • Useful pain
    • Useless pain
• Lesson Two
  • Feelings of pain
    • Identifying feelings
  • Psychotherapy counselling
    • The gate theory
    • Ongoing research
• Lesson Three
  • The nervous system
    • Autonomic nervous system
      • Sympathetic system
      • Parasympathetic system
• Lesson Four
  • Arousal
    • Arousal assessment
    • Reducing anxiety levels
  • Techniques for pain management
    • 'Mirror work'
    • Exercises
    • Meditative exercises
• Lesson Five
  • Healing
    • Using your imagination
    • Belief
• Lesson Six
  • Body functions
    • The immune system
• Lesson Seven
  • Chakra meditation
    • The chakras
    • Unconditional love
• Lesson Eight
  • The holistic approach
    • Dietary measures
    • Other techniques
    • Diet
    • Supplements
  • Summary