1. INTRODUCTORY

2. Chronic Pain Management
-chronic disease, no cures, very few specialised interventions or skills
-general approach to all manifestations
- to aid healthy lifestyle and provide psychological support to achieve mindfulness and improve coping skills
-to use medications in such a way as to maximize benefits and minimize side effects

3. CHRONIC PAIN -IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH
-IS A MULTIMODAL APPROACH
-IS A MULTISYSTEM APPROACH
RELIES ON CO-OPERATION AND CO-ORDINATION WITH EVERYONE AWARE OF THE STRENGTHS OF THEMSELVES AND OF OTHERS AND WITH AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO IS NEEDED AND HOW TO UTILISE RESOURCES
AND EVERYONE INCLUDES THE PATIENT THEIR FAMILY THEIR CARERS AND SOCIETY

4. Chronic Pain Medicine
..is not…

6. SO WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?

9. “EVERYMAN”

13. DUNGEONS
AND
DRAGONS

14. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS THE WARRIOR THE CLERIC THE ROGUE/THIEF/ACROBAT
THE WIZARD

16. IS NOT
A SURGEON-LIKE A WARRIOR
A ROGUE-LIKE A PHYSIO
A CLERIC –LIKE A GP
A PSYCHOLOGIST-LIKE A WIZARD
And the patient-like the Everyman they must accompany on their quest

17. DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS
“THE ESCORT QUEST”
AS AN EVERYMAN JOURNEY

18. .and the journey might
be…
…through anywhere..