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Presented by: Dr. Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, pain specialist, Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Staff Physician and Senior Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Summary: In this video Dr. Andrea Furlan will demonstrate how to dance bolero, which is a slow-tempo music style originated from Spain. The dance has 4 groups of 8 steps each.
Note: You can print the 32 steps from this document: https://bit.ly/DanceBolero
Presented by: Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists at the Brain and Spinal Cord Rehab Program at Toronto Rehab, University Health Network.
Summary: Health professionals share some of their self-management resources with the world. If you have pain, mobility issues, or simply wish to explore being kinder to yourself through gentle movement and relaxation, then this channel is for you!
Presented by: Pain BC. Pain BC aims to enhance the well-being of all people living with pain through empowerment, care, education and innovation.
Summary: Looking for guidance on gentle movement and relaxation for managing pain? Watch Gentle Movement @ Home series by Pain BC. These 1-hour video sessions are led by physiotherapists and other therapeutic movement professionals and are designed to help people with persistent pain learn to feel safe to move again. Topics include breath awareness and regulation, body tension regulation, and movement and relaxation techniques in both seated and standing positions.
Presented by: Dr. Andrea Furlan, MD, pain specialist, Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Staff Physician and Senior Scientist at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute.
Summary: Do you need a reason to walk? In this 11-minute video, Dr. Andrea Furlan will give you 15 reasons to go for a walk outdoors. She will talk about the importance of walking and the benefits of doing it outdoors.
Presented by: painHEALTH and people living with pain. PainHEALTH is an initiaive from the Government of Western Australia, Department of Health aiming to ease musculoskeletal pain through clinically supported information, tips, support and personal stories to help people better understand and co-manage their musculoskeletal pain conditions.
Summary: This video reviews the importance of remaining active while living with pain and offers ideas for increasing your physical activity such as walking with a friend or family member.
Developed by: The Toronto Academic Pain Medicine Institute (TAPMI).
Summary: In this module you will find:
Note: While great care has been taken to ensure that these exercises and advice are prepared in a way that is safe and practical for most people, none of these exercises should be considered specific medical advice.
Summary: Activity pacing is an important tool in chronic pain self-management. It is easy to find ourselves in an “all or nothing” cycle when living with chronic pain. Learning to manage your activity by scheduling planned rest periods/breaks can improve your energy and pain levels. Pacing is “an active self-management strategy where you learn to balance time spent on activity and rest for the purpose of achieving increased function and participation in meaningful activities.”
In this module, you will learn about:
Summary: When living with chronic pain it can be easy to stop participating in activity and exercise. Inactivity causes us to gradually lose strength and flexibility. We then find ourselves out of the habit of exercising, which ultimately causes pain levels to increase.