The Real Help for Chronic Pain Program
Chronic pain is one of most
tragic and damaging of all human suffering. Up until now most
treatments have been disappointingly ineffective, and most people with
chronic pain continue to suffer without relief.
So if you've struggled with
pain for years without relief, you are certainly far from alone - there
are millions of people on the planet suffering along with you.
The cost in damage to people,
families and communities is huge, and so is the financial cost,
personally, as well as to industry and the health system. In Australia
it's estimated that the cost of ineffective treatment is some $12
billion per annum, and in the US more than double that. When
you add on the cost in absenteeism and lost productivity, we move into
the hundreds of billions of dollars every year, just because of
ineffective treatments.
This program represents a
genuine breakthrough in the treatment of chronic pain, and to date some
80% of the people who have tried it have either dramatically reduced
their pain, or eliminated it altogether, no matter how severe their
pain had been, nor how long they had suffered.
In fact the more severe, and
the longer the patient has suffered, the more likely this program can
help.
Chronic pain is so overwhelming
that it can mask other disorders or problems, and enrolment in
any program should also include the
ongoing care of your
supervising physician.
Although you will receive
powerful help from this program, and most people obtain relief very
quickly, this program can in no way replace the care and supervision of
your doctor, for a number of important reasons.
This program does not purport
to offer 24-hour assistance, and is not in any way an emergency
service. Rather it provides a way of learning about an array
of real causes and triggers of chronic pain, and showing
you simple, safe and easy methods to switch off pain signals
rapidly and permanently.
If your doctor has prescribed
medication for your chronic pain, it is essential that you follow
his/her
instructions in that matter. Never increase, decrease, or
substitute your medication without careful consultation with your
doctor. Even though some medications may not "work" for you,
they can nevertheless have severe effects upon change or withdrawal and
your doctor must be responsible for recommending and monitoring any
change whatsoever.
Who Runs the Program?
To read about the background
and experience of the program leader, please see
www.realhelpforchronicpain.com/about.html.
Christine Sutherland is recognised internationally as a leader in the
treatment of chronic pain, and she has designed a program which
is
based on the best evidence available from neurophysiology.
How Has the Program
Been Tested?
Non-controlled trials have
been run in Australia using both group treatment and individual
treatment. Results have been outstanding, with success rates
of over 80% and exactly 100% respectively. These results mirror our
clinical experience with chronic pain clients over the past
decade.
What Does the
Program Involve?
This depends on how you choose
to do the
program. Some people prefer to simply buy the manual and work
through it with our support on our client-only
forums, while others choose to work one-on-one in private with
Christine.
Where you choose to engage with
us
one-on-one, whether that is via the forums or via private consultation,
we work with you to determine what physical and psychological factors
may be at play in your chronic pain, and we may make recommendations
relating to lifestyle changes which will allow your nervous system to
stop being so "over-reactive".
The main focus of the program
is teaching and helping you use simple methods to prevent your nervous
system from sending those pain signals, actually switching them off
permanently.
This is completely different
to expecting you to use "willpower" to simply "try to see things
differently" or "control your thoughts". We already know that
you are doing the best
that you can, and that may not even be keeping things under control,
let alone working!
We definitely do not use CBT
(cognitive behaviour therapy) in this program. We find it abhorrent
that patients should be blamed for their thinking, and placed under
such intense pressure to use willpower and self-discipline as a
therapy.
This is especially so when CBT appears to have no valid
evidence for its use in the treatment of chronic pain, or a number of
other disorders.
Instead we look at the
unconscious responses that your nervous system is "doing to you" to
produce your individual chronic pain symptoms. As hard as it may be to
believe, we now
have easy ways of impacting on those that don't involve willpower, or
trying to convince yourself of anything. This program is
about showing you those methods.
Will I Have to Keep
Using the Methods for the Rest of My Life?
No. The aim of these
methods is to make permanent adjustments to the way your nervous system
works. It's possible
that you could experience chronic pain again in the future, but far
less
likely. In any case, you would then have an easy technique
which you can use to stop it very quickly.
How Fast Can I
Expect Results?
Whilst our clinical experience
and research shows rapid improvement, often immediately and usually
within a
few days, for some people changes are slower, and it is thought that in
these cases this is due to the complexity of the number and type of
triggers to pain signalling for that individual.
You can read a full technical
paper on one of the chronic pain research trials in the book "The Pain
Train - Time to Get Off: Beyond the TENS Machine".
How Much Does it
Cost, and How Do I Register?
Cost depends on your treatment
choice. There are 3 options to choose from:
Treatment Option 1. Simply Purchase the Treatment Manual and Receive 12 Months' Personalised Support on the Client-Only On-Line Program
If you elect to purchase the
manual and support program, the cost of purchase is just $US67.
To purchase: You can purchase your manual and support program HERE.
Treatment Option 2. Purchase 3 Telephone or Skype Treatment Sessions with Christine Sutherland
This option is suitable wherever you live
provided that you are an English speaker. It includes the manual
"The Pain Train - Time to Get Off". Each session is for 50 minutes,
and you will be asked to track pain levels on a daily basis for 3
weeks, with 1 treatment session per week.
If you require further sessions, these are paid for in advance on a session-by-session basis, by PayPal or credit card.
To purchase: To book your first 3 telephone or Skype treatment sessions, please click HERE.
You will be directed to a payment page on PayPal (where you can use
your credit card if you wish) and immediately payment is made you'll
receive an email with easy download instructions for your manual, as
well as instructions for booking your sessions at times convenient to
you.
If you have any problem at all with that,
please feel welcome to telephone us during business hours on
61.8.92461977, or email us on info@lifeworks-group.com.au.
Treatment Option 3. Face-to-Face Private Treatment Sessions with Christine Sutherland
You may decide that
you'd prefer to work in private, face-to-face with Christine.
The cost in that case is $AU160 per 50 minutes, paid in advance via credit card (mastercard or visa) or
PayPal.
To purchase: To book face-to-face
consultation, please email us
direct on info@lifeworks-group.com.au or telephone us on (08) 9246 1977 during business hours only.
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