Offered by: Pain Canada in partnership with ManagingLife.

Summary: Pain after surgery is common and usually managed with medications. Evidence shows that learning about pain before their operation helps people undergoing surgery to set realistic expectations about pain, use prescribed medications safely, and improves their well-being and comfort. Managing Pain Before and After Surgery is a free self-paced online program designed to help people undergoing surgery and their families better manage pain after surgery and decrease complications.

The brief course is made up of three modules (about 30-45 min per module):

• Module one: Preparing for surgery
• Module two: Pain after surgery
• Module three: For people experiencing chronic pain prior to their surgery

Note: This course was developed, as part of a research study (the Preoperative Education Initiative: A Prospective Observational Study), to explore how an education program can impact participants’ pain management before and after surgery. While completing the course, consider joining the research study to contribute to advancing the evidence supporting this program.

This online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course is 100% free, created by a fully certified MBSR instructor, and is based on the program founded by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. More than 7,000 graduates from 100 countries have completed all the course requirements.

Developed by: This guide was updated with permission for online use from "A Patient’s Guide to Total Knee Replacement Outpatient Surgery" developed by the Total Joint Assessment Clinic staff for patients at the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS). 

Summary: This interactive guide contains detailed information to help patients prepare for and recover from their Total Knee Replacement Surgery. Divided in 8 modules, the information provided includes: 

• Preparation considerations before and after surgery;
• Details about the surgery and what to expect;
• Activities and exercises during recovery;
• Additional useful resources you can explore.

Click "Go to Resource" to access this interactive guide. 

Note: You will need a Power Over Pain Portal account to access this guide. If you would like an electronic copy of the NLHS original guide, click on the image below.

Developed by: This guide was updated with permission for online use from "A Patient’s Guide to Total Hip Replacement Surgery" developed by the Total Joint Assessment Clinic staff for patients at the Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services (NLHS). 

Summary: This interactive guide contains detailed information to help patients prepare for and recover from their Total Hip Replacement Surgery. Divided in 8 modules, the information provided includes: 

• Preparation considerations before and after surgery;
• Details about the surgery and what to expect;
• Activities and exercises during recovery;
• Additional useful resources you can explore.

Click "Go to Resource" to access this interactive guide. 

Note: You will need a Power Over Pain Portal account to access this guide. If you would like an electronic copy of the NLHS original guide, click on the image below. 

Developed by: The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).  

Summary: Well Central is an accessible and completely free virtual Recovery College. Well Central offers interactive courses that empower individuals to take control of their mental health and well-being. Well Central offers a tailored online journey providing support, resources and guided courses, valuing each visitor’s unique experience. Courses include: 

• Well-being course;
• Recovery 101; 
• Overcoming Loneliness and Isolation;
• Developing Self Compassion;
• Postpartum Emotional and Mental Health.