Footsteps Festival

28/04/2024

Journal Club this Thursday at 7pm BST on Zoom - looking at a brand new paper on how healthcare organisations can act as nocebos (harmful) and we are delighted to be joined by lead author David Poulter!

No limit on tickets - come and join us for the lively discussion after the short presentation.

Open to anyone - if you have an interest in pain science or in how healthcare systems work this one is for you!

Link below for booking your FREE place (donations to help us put on these free events are welcome)

Journal Club is for ANYONE interested in research into pain, in any way. Equal, relaxed and informal discussion of pain research papers etc

25/04/2024

From the lovely Dr Sands Mindfulness Skills4Life 🙏 💖

12/04/2024

Help our friends at Flippin Pain!

This is a SHORT survey that has been devised by people with lived experience of persistent pain - to provide answers for a "Family Fortunes" type of learning task for Health Care Professionals - finding out what impacts we have in our treatment and life with pain.

It is a bit tongue in cheek/dark humour at times!

The survey is quick - chose the answers that are closest to your experience, let your voice be heard!

https://bit.ly/49vPsPY

29/03/2024

Hey all,

Come along to Journal Club next Thursday, 4th April at 7pm BST on Zoom - please message for the Zoom link if the Eventbrite tickets are "sold out".

This month we are delighted to be joined by Jack Lumsdon, presenting his work:

Experiences of Recovering from Persistent Pain:

An exploration of the ups and downs of recovering from persistent pain from the transformation of life and changing relationship with pain to the overwhelming sense of “what’s next?”

This work is submitted but yet to be published - so no link to a paper, but it is fascinating research and with some interesting and important findings, for healthcare professionals wanting to help those they care for, for researchers and for people who live with pain and those who have recovered.

We are sure this one will promote some healthy and wide ranging discussion! Come along!!

Click through below to book!

Regular meeting to discuss pain science with all who are interested - people living with pain, researchers, carers, professionals.

14/01/2024

07/01/2024

Pain takes so much from our lives, and reading this from a place where this feels unachievable might feel uncomfortable – but Lee and Niki were there once. One person’s Everest is another’s front gate – each effort is as brave and should be celebrated as such. It’s the effort and courage u...

28/11/2023

Live Well with Pain are hosting a focus group to explore the role of creative arts in Pain Management. The purpose is to understand how creative arts might help people manage their long-term pain.
The focus group with take place online via zoom on Thursday 7th December 09.30am to 10.45am. The discussions will be co-facilitated by our Lead Clinical Trainer Dr Laura Hissey who is a Psychologist who specializes in pain management; and our Lived Experience Trainer, Sean Jennings who lives with long-term pain.
The focus group is open to anyone living with a long-term pain condition who would like to share their thoughts and insights about how creative arts can be used in pain management. If you would like to participate, please contact LWWP admin team by emailing: maryatlwwp@gmail.com to sign up 🙏😊

31/08/2023

Absolutely thrilled to learn that I have been made a Fellow of Durham University Wolfson Research Institute for Health & Wellbeing for the work I do with Live Well With Pain 🎉🥂
Big thanks to Professor Paul L Chazot for nominating me 🙏

The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing is Durham’s flagship interdisciplinary Institute tasked with delivering the Health@Durham Strategy. Established in 2001, we foster research relating to human health and wellbeing in both developed and developing countries from the individual ...

29/06/2023

Part Two
This week saw me chair a Q&A recording with the same lovely panel to answer a lot of the important questions that came in on the live event that time wouldn’t allow to be answered
Flippin' Pain
The Scottish Government
Pain Concern
Fibromyalgia Action UK - FMAUK
You can watch that recording here 👉

By popular demand, we have created a question-and-answer session off the back of our Flippin' Fibromyalgia webinar in April 2023.If you missed the first or s...

29/06/2023

Part ONE of two part post
In April Flippin' Pain hosted ‘Flippin Fibromyalgia’ & you can watch the video here 👉youtu.be/N33jsa2EtUw
Pain Concern
The Scottish Government
Fibromyalgia Action UK - FMAUK

Join Professor Cormac Ryan - Community Pain Champion for the Flippin’ Pain campaign –and an expert panel for the 'Flippin' Fibromyalgia' series of events.Thi...