Events
Move to Improve: Harnessing Movement for Chronic Pain Relief
December 10, 2024
Discover how movement can be a powerful tool in managing chronic pain in this dynamic workshop. We’ll explore effective exercises and techniques tailored to help you reduce pain, improve mobility, and enhance overall well-being. Whether you’re new to exercise or looking to refine your routine, this session offers practical insights to help you move more comfortably and confidently.
Improving Mood with Pain
November 22, 2024
Chronic pain often brings down our mood. In this workshop, we will discuss practical strategies that research has found can help to improve mood in the face of chronic pain.
Technology tips and tricks for your pain toolkit
November 14, 2024
Love it or hate it, technology is everywhere. For people living with pain, technology can be helpful and solve certain barriers or challenges in their daily lives. At the same time, some people find using technology to be draining or hard to use for different reasons. This workshop will explore some tips and tricks so you can make your technology work better for you and support your toolkit of strategies for living with pain.
Breaking the Silence: Understanding and Managing Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women
November 7, 2024
Join us for a supportive and informative workshop focused on chronic pelvic pain in women. We dive into the causes, symptoms, and effective treatment options, offering insights to help you better understand and manage your pain. This session is designed to empower women with the knowledge and tools to better understand their bodies and take control of their pelvic health.
Gender & Pain: What Research Is Telling Us
November 7, 2024
A panel discussion by people living with chronic pain for people living with chronic pain.
Redefining Women’s Pain: From Misdiagnosis to Empowerment
November 5, 2024
A panel of experts will talk about common pain conditions like fibromyalgia, discuss how hormones impact pain, and why women often face challenges in getting proper care. They’ll also share tips on managing pain, finding support, and speaking up for yourself in healthcare. This talk will help women better understand their pain and learn about resources that can improve their daily lives.
Fibromyalgia - more than a pain condition
November 4, 2024
In this workshop, speakers will provide a brief introduction to fibromyalgia. We will explore what it is, how it impacts lives, and identify ways to manage fibromyalgia symptoms including pain. Speakers will talk about resources that can be helpful in the management of fibromyalgia.
Mindfulness and Self-Compassion for Chronic Pain
October 29, 2024
In this workshop, speakers will provide a brief introduction to fibromyalgia. We will explore what it is, how it impacts lives, and identify ways to manage fibromyalgia symptoms including pain. Speakers will talk about resources that can be helpful in the management of fibromyalgia.
Adapting activity when you have chronic pain
October 28, 2024
Learn how to modify and adapt how you do different activities to increase your available energy, discover tools and devices that can help you do things even when you have pain, and explore new ways to organize your time to get more done.
Understanding Pain: Exploring the Neuroscience Behind Chronic Pain Management
October 10, 2024
Join us for an engaging workshop where we explore the fascinating science behind pain! Learn how your brain and nervous system play a key role in chronic pain and discover practical ways to manage it. Whether you're new to pain neuroscience or seeking fresh insights, this session will empower you with knowledge and tools to take control of your pain journey.
Health Professionals Repeat Harmful Experiences for Newcomer Refugees
October 2, 2024
This talk examines how differences in healthcare affects the mental health of refugee newcomers in Canada. The discussion focused on the results of a research study explores refugee experiences with health professionals. It explains how health and wellness are impacted by unfair treatment within the healthcare system. Additionally, it addresses how this unfair treatment influenced the mental well-being of refugee newcomers and how they understand these experiences.
Chronic Pain and its Misconceptions
September 26, 2024
A panel discussion by people living with chronic pain for people living with chronic pain.
Pain & Trauma
September 24, 2024
Learn more about how trauma can impact the body and the mind and contribute to chronic pain. This workshop teaches about ways to decrease the impact of trauma for better health and well-being.
Nutrition in chronic pain prevention and management: An opportunity to increase connection and empathy
September 13, 2024
Pain is a shared experience and part of the human condition, yet Registered Dietitians receive little training in the role nutrition and food can play in pain management. This is despite growing evidence that several relevant nutritional factors impact and are impacted by pain. Shannan Grant is a Registered Dietitian who lives with chronic pain, and has spent decades working with and supporting people living with pain in practice and research. She provides an overview of how her personal experiences impact her professional practice and vise versa, provide an overview of current evidence, and practical and actionable information for health care providers and people living with pain.
Introduction to Mindfulness and Other Meditation
September 3, 2024
This introductory workshop will guide you through the fundamentals of mindfulness and other meditation techniques, offering practical tools to help manage chronic / persistent pain. This workshop focuses on harnessing the power of the mind-body connection, providing strategies to improve your quality of life. Through gentle practices and supportive guidance, you will learn to cultivate a sense of calm, increase your resilience, and develop a deeper awareness of your body's signals.
What you need to know about the use of cannabis for pain
June 7, 2024
Watch this informative workshop on the essential knowledge of using cannabis for pain management, where we will explore its benefits, potential risks, and appropriate usage.
Navigating Substance Use in Chronic Pain Management
June 6, 2024
Watch this workshop to learn how we treat pain safely and effectively for people who use substances outside of a medical plan.
Pain Speak: Empowering Your Voice in Chronic Pain
June 5, 2024
Experiencing chronic pain can have an impact on how we communicate, making it more challenging to communicate effectively. We may struggle to communicate our needs and how we feel, find that our messages are not received in the ways we were intending, or that we miss important information others are saying to us. What we say is a small part of communication, and rather, how we communicate can play a larger role. This workshop provides participants with communication tools that can help improve communication about chronic pain with health care providers, with loved ones, and with employers.
Harnessing the Power Over Pain Portal to enhance pain care: A blended model of physiotherapy treatment augmented with coaching
May 30, 2024
Watch this workshop to learn about the role of a coach in facilitating health behaviour change in the context of chronic pain management, and how to incorporate the Power Over Pain Portal resources into physiotherapy treatment sessions utilizing the coaching model.
Chronic Pain, Disability, and the Workplace: A Panel Discussion
May 30, 2024
In recognition of the National AccessAbility week, the Power Over Pain Portal Lived Experience Advisory Committee will discuss accessibility issues in the workplace, (institutional & societal) barriers and facilitators to employment experienced by people living with chronic pain.
EDS, POTS, and MCAS: Nutrition Issues and How Diet Plays a Role
May 23, 2024
Watch this workshop to learn about the role of food and nutrition in managing pain for people living with EDS, POTS, and MCAS.
Mood Matters: Unraveling the Connection Between Emotions and Pain Workshop
May 17, 2024
Chronic pain and depression often go hand in hand, creating a tangled web of physical and emotional distress for those affected. In this workshop, we delve into the intricate relationship between these two conditions and the intertwined impact on individuals' lives. Through a concise examination, we explore the psychological factors contributing to the development and persistence of depression and chronic pain. Moreover, we discuss practical strategies for managing depression and enhancing your mood.
Pain Perspectives: Exploring Gender and Pain Workshop
May 16, 2024
Watch this workshop recording to learn how gender can affect how pain is perceived, assessed, and treated.
How To Manage Pain Through Better Sleep
April 25, 2024
Most people living with pain report problems with sleep, yet insomnia continues to be significantly undertreated despite how essential it is to our quality of life and effective coping with pain. Watch this workshop to learn more about sleep, and effective strategies that you can implement in your own life to say sweet dreams to pain at night.
Disability Tax Credit and Other Financial Resources
April 25, 2024
Curious about possible financial resources available to you? You could be eligible for tax credits and certain programs. Watch this workshop recording for more information!
How To Get Involved in Your Pain Care
April 22, 2024
Watch this empowering Zoom workshop on navigating your pain care journey! Whether you're living with chronic pain or supporting a loved one, this workshop will equip you with practical strategies to actively engage in your pain management. Led by seasoned healthcare professionals, we explore various holistic approaches, effective communication techniques with healthcare providers, and the importance of self-advocacy in pain care. Discover how to tailor your treatment plan to your unique needs and reclaim control over your well-being.
Living with Pain as a Young Adult
March 25, 2024
This workshop discusses the common challenges faced by young adults living with pain, where to find support, and how to improve transitions from pediatric to adult health care or discharge from specialized pain services.
Perspectives from Women Living with Chronic Pain: A Panel Discussion
March 7, 2024
This workshop highlights the challenges, impacts, and management strategies of chronic pain from the perspective of women who live with pain.
What is harm reduction and how does it relate to the treatment of pain?
March 4, 2024
Join this workshop learn about the principles of harm reduction in coping with chronic pain.
Boost Your Mood
February 22, 2024
In this workshop we review the connection between pain and mood, and strategies to boost your mood despite pain.
Let’s Talk About Chronic Pain: Communication & Chronic Pain
February 9, 2024
If you want to learn about self-advocacy, assertive communication with friends/family, and identify strategies to improve relationships in the context of chronic pain - watch this workshop.
Back To Movement
February 7, 2024
This workshops gives you guidance on a brief gentle low back exercise routine that you can do anytime and what to do if/when pain increases when you are exercising.
Are You Sleeping with One Eye Open?
February 1, 2024
In this workshop we discuss the things that can get in the way of sleep and practical strategies you can use to sleep well with pain.
How to Get Involved in Your Pain Care
January 30, 2024
This workshop provides strategies to build a pain management plan that fits yous needs and this can be shared your supports and health care providers.
Mindfulness & Chronic Pain
January 26, 2024
This presentation includes how and why mindfulness can be an effective tool for managing chronic pain. It will provide the neuroscience of why we can so easily get hijacked by our stress response during pain and how mindfulness can possibly counter this. Learn about the theory and then put it into practise with some mindfulness exercises.
Perspectives from Men living with Chronic Pain: A Panel Discussion
January 25, 2024
This panel discussion hosts four men living with chronic pain and the challenges and impacts of chronic pain from their perspective.
Introduction to Mindfulness
December 15, 2023
This workshop will focus on the foundation of mindfulness for chronic pain, including basic meditation exercises that can be part of a pain management plan.
Sweet Dreams, Pain
November 17, 2023
Most people living with pain report problems with sleep, yet insomnia continues to be significantly undertreated despite how essential it is to our quality of life and effective coping with pain. Watch this workshop to learn more about sleep, and effective strategies that you can implement in your own life to say sweet dreams to pain at night.
Advocate and Navigate the Health Care System
November 14, 2023
Do you feel like you’re walking through a health care maze? Don’t know where or whom to talk to? What they’re talking about? What’s going on with your health? And do you feel heard?
Thinking About Pain
November 10, 2023
The things we say to ourselves and how they shape our feelings and behaviors and vice versa. This is a fundamental aspect of the cognitive-behavioral perspective in the management of chronic pain.
Living with Chronic Pain: Challenges and Solutions
November 9, 2023
Chronic pain can impact our well-being and quality of life. Panelists from the Power Over Pain Portal’s Lived Experience Advisory Committee (LEAC) will share some of their challenges in living with chronic pain and their thoughts about moving their life forward with chronic pain.
Chronic Pain Network: Changing the way pain is managed in Canada
November 9, 2023
The Chronic Pain Network (CPN) is a CIHR Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research funded network, that was launched in 2016. CPN is a pan-Canadian collaboration of patients, researchers, healthcare professionals, educators, industry, and government policy advisors aimed at directing new research in chronic pain, training researchers and clinicians, and translating findings into knowledge and policy. In 2022, CPN received additional funding to focus on the Knowledge Mobilization and Implementation Science (CPN KM-IS) of research in chronic pain. This presentation will provide a historical look at how pain research in Canada has changed in the past six years and what to expect from CPN moving forward.
Body Mapping: Exercises to release the tension from the top-down
November 9, 2023
Does your body hold tension that just doesn’t want to let go? Watch this recording and learn exercises to improve mind-body connection, re-train the brain and nervous system to let go of holding muscle tension and improve efficiency of movement. This workshop is on body mapping and exploring the mind-body connection. Presented by Cristin Kragus from The Ottawa Hospital Pain Clinic.
IMPACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain
November 7, 2023
This 1-hour workshop will describe the IMPACT program, an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) based program. Participants will learn what ACT is and what it is not. Learn some concrete tools that you can use to decrease the impact of pain (physical and emotional) on your ability to engage in a life that matters.
Pacing: Moving Ahead Instead of in Circles
November 1, 2023
An overview and explanation of pacing concepts; potential barriers that can be experienced in implementing pacing strategies into one's lifestyle; and specific ways to work to develop more consistency and break unhelpful vicious cycles. Learn the basic concepts of pacing and how recognize areas where you can make specific changes in your usual approach to activities, toward increasing your overall function while controlling pain.
Mindful Movement
October 24, 2023
Mindfulness has exploded in popularity as a tool for managing chronic pain. During this 60-minute webinar, Dr. Abi Muere, Clinical Psychologist, and Mia Dang, Physiotherapist, provide information on what mindfulness is and the benefits of mindfulness for chronic pain management. The facilitators demonstrate a brief mindful breath exercise and a longer mindful movement exercise.
Parenting with Chronic Pain
October 17, 2023
Parenting with chronic pain can be difficult at times. This workshop reviews basic parenting coping strategies to use when you have pain.
Pain Is Stressful
October 17, 2023
Relaxation exercises can help individuals cope with stress, including stress that comes with having chronic pain. During this 60-minute workshop, we will provide information on what relaxation exercises are and the benefits of relaxation exercises for chronic pain management. The facilitators will demonstrate several relaxation exercises, including deep breathing and guided imagery exercises. A question and answer period is available at the end of the workshop.
Making Sense of Diet and Pain
October 11, 2023
This workshop provides a broad look at a spectrum of circulating hype, evidence, and intriguing propositions that link what we eat to our physiological responses to injury, pain, and inflammation. This workshop intends to help patients and their allies, and clinicians to better understand the divergent approaches that guide caregivers in providing nutrition recommendations, and to make some sense of advice and admonitions that initially may seem too simplistic, somewhat arbitrary, or just plain confounding. You will take away a few realistic and sustainable ideas to make food related changes.
Why Do I Hurt?
October 4, 2023
When pain persists and becomes chronic, there is often little time spent explaining what is happening. Watch this recording to learn about how pain works in our body, and understand the role of the nervous system in pain and coping.
Low Back Pain
September 29, 2023
Dr. Eugene Wai discusses what causes low back pain and a hint - it's usually complicated. Watch this video review the care gap in back pain management in Canada and what individuals can do.
Mastering the Art of Food Choice
September 21, 2023
This workshop is led by Dr. Christine McIntosh, Ph.D. Watch this recording to hear about the latest science on how food and nutrition impact persistent pain and make an immediate step in one new food habit to help nourish you and work against pain. You'll leave the webinar with a long term view of how you can change your food ways to manage daily pain.
Sleeping Well Despite Pain
August 15, 2023
People who live with pain commonly report experiencing issues with sleep and, conversely, poor sleep can make it more difficult to manage pain. Dr. Josh Rash PhD, RPsych will explores the complex interplay between sleep and pain, with a focus on practical considerations for the management of sleep disturbance among people who live with pain. The goal is to provide insights on how to improve the management of pain by optimizing sleep.
Empowering People Through Peer Support
July 14, 2023
This workshop presented by Virginia McIntyre and Melanie McDonald explores the following: