Queen Camel Medical Centre

Live Well With Pain Cafe

ARE YOU LIVING WITH A LONG-TERM PAIN CONDITION?

Come and meet others in the same situation at the Live Well with Pain Café

on: the second Wednesday of each month

from: 11.30am to 12.30pm

at: Cleaveside Close communal lounge, Queen Camel (BA22 7PR)

Free refreshments and a warm welcome await you!

For more information call Sue Crisfield on 07749418850 or Queen Camel Medical Centre on 01935 850225


 

LIVING WITH PAIN IS A PAIN, BUT COMING TOGETHER CAN BE

PAIN RELIEF!

 

Do you live with a long-term persistent pain condition? Does it affect your emotional wellbeing and get you down? Does it stop you sleeping well? Does it restrict your daily activities and stop you doing the things you want to do?

 

The Rural Practice Network (a group of 5 local GP surgeries covering Castle Cary, Bruton, Wincanton, Queen Camel & Milborne Port), is developing a new, non-medical pain management programme called Live Well with Pain – the Ten Footsteps – which is available to people registered with any of these 5 practices.

 

The Ten Footsteps programme addresses understanding pain & the brain, acceptance, pacing, goal setting, relaxation & mindfulness, sleep, communication, getting moving, managing moods, medication and nutrition, and managing setbacks.

 

We have a monthly in-person Live Well with Pain café at the communal lounge in Cleaveside Close (BA22 7PR) in Queen Camel which runs on the second Wednesday of each month from 11.30am to 12.30pm.  This is an informal and welcoming drop-in café, where people with long-term pain conditions can come and meet & chat to others in the same situation and hear about the Ten Footsteps.

 

An online Live Well with Pain café happens on Microsoft Teams on the third Wednesday of each month from 7.00-8.00pm and is open to anyone registered with the 5 GP surgeries who would like to attend.

 

We are also offering a 12-week Ten Footsteps group, which consists of twelve two-hour sessions that look in-depth at each topic, with plenty of time for refreshments and getting to know others in the same situation.  We want to help people to find new ways of managing their pain which we hope will lead to a more fulfilling life, despite the pain.

 

If you are interested in hearing more and finding out what is happening locally, please speak to Health Coach Liz Webber, or email Sue Crisfield  [email protected] or call her on 07749 418850 or send a message through the Rural Practice Network Facebook page.

 

Read more about the Ten Footsteps here – www.livewellwithpain.co.uk