Chronic pain is pain that persists longer than 3 months and affects 30-50% of us.

It is a global health issue that is recognized as one of the most prominent causes of disability worldwide.1

The Boutros Bear Overcoming Pain Programme

Designed in collaboration with our Chief Medical Officer and leading expert on chronic pain, Dr Deepak Ravindran, we have launched our 12-week overcoming pain programme.

The programme is designed using the latest research and clinical data to support you to overcome your pain and achieve a better quality of life.

Dr Deepak Ravindran
Chief Medical Officer
MD FFPMRCA FIPP DMSMed EDRA

Each week the programme will include

1.

Educational Modules
Develop your understanding of the nature of your pain and learn active coping skills.

2.

Action Plan
Led by our health coach, we will help you identify and achieve positive habits with movement, nutrition, and sleep.

3.

Interactive Sessions
A wide range of physical and psychological therapies delivered in both group and 1:1 sessions.

4.

Personalised Advice
Our integrated healthcare team review your weekly progress and tailor activities to help overcome your pain.

In addition to one-to-one coaching, our e-learning modules are designed to help you understand and overcome your pain

Our modules include:

  • Understanding pain
  • Understanding medication
  • How to reduce stress
  • The role of neuroscience
  • The importance of your diet
  • What is sleep hygiene
  • The importance of exercise
  • The benefits of complementary therapy
  • Developing your personalised plan

Nutrition​

The course will teach you the importance of a healthy balanced diet, and provide you with recipe suggestions that have been specifically selected by our dieticians. We stress the importance of balance and variety in flavour, colour and nutrients. Many of our recipes are high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory ingredients. This is important when overcoming chronic pain.

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Movement, Exercise and Personal Coaching

We assign you a personal health coach to support you every step of the way. They provide weekly personalised exercise plans, specifically focused on managing chronic pain. Your health coach will work with you to implement new strategies into your everyday life.

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Mental Health Services

Living with chronic pain can be incredibly draining and even debilitating to your mental health. Having an emotional support system is critical to helping those recovering from long-term health conditions.

Each programme participant will have access to our qualified counselling psychologists lead by Dr Sarah Bateup. Dr Bateup is an experienced therapist and teacher, having delivered over 30,000 hours of evidence-based therapy and taught at Kings College, London and Exeter University.

Our mental health support services are also available to carers. The provision of this will need to be agreed upon as an addition to the base package.

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We’re empowered by our mission to help those affected with chronic illnesses to live freer and more fulfilling lives.

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