Understanding Pain: Reducing Perceived Threat by Changing Perception

At the completion of this course, participants will be able to…

• Correctly and independently explain the difference between actual pain and perceived pain.
• Correctly and independently explain how a pain experience is generated.
• Correctly and independently explain why we cannot depend on imaging alone to guide our clinical judgement.
• State 5 metaphors used to explain pain to patients.
• Correctly identify the stages of behavior change as well as how to guide a person through them.
• Correctly and independently explain both osteoarthritis and disc pathologies and how they relate to each other.

At the completion of this course, participants will be able to…

• Correctly and independently explain the difference between actual pain and perceived pain.
• Correctly and independently explain how a pain experience is generated.
• Correctly and independently explain why we cannot depend on imaging alone to guide our clinical judgement.
• State 5 metaphors used to explain pain to patients.
• Correctly identify the stages of behavior change as well as how to guide a person through them.
• Correctly and independently explain both osteoarthritis and disc pathologies and how they relate to each other.

Approved for 8 hours for PTs and PTAs: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MA, MI, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY (9.6 hours in NY), NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, VA, WA, WI, WY

Approved for 8 hours for OTs and OTAs: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IA, KS, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NH, ND, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Approved for 8 Category A hours by the BOC for Athletic Trainers.

If you do not see your state listed above, please contact us at info@glseminars.com for more information.

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