A Look At The I-Engage Academy eLearning Courses

The I-Engage Academy offers several free eLearning courses for chronic pain patients. As chronic pain affects multiple areas of life, beyond physical health, these courses teach pain management strategies through many different approaches. Each course includes engaging lessons, quizzes, and worksheets to practice concepts learned.

As our course catalogue grows, more topics will become available to add to the arsenal of pain management strategies that learners can use to manage their pain. 

Below, you can find a description of each course currently offered:

Managing Chronic Pain With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: 

This course teaches techniques commonly used in cognitive behavioral therapy to challenge harmful thoughts and behaviors that perpetuate chronic pain cycles. Tools, like setting SMART goals, activity pacing, and identifying negative thoughts, are emphasized. 

Nutrition for Chronic Pain – Making Healthy Choices to Control Pain:

Nutrition for Chronic Pain highlights several ways of eating that have been found to improve chronic pain symptoms. These diets are analyzed and used to teach nutritional concepts, like micro- and macro-nutrients, antioxidants, blood sugar, and more. No one diet is recommended in this course, rather it encourages learners to choose healthful foods that make them feel good.

Sleep and Chronic Pain: 

This course teaches about how sleep and chronic pain are interconnected. Quality sleep is essential to effective pain management, while poor sleep can heighten pain perception. It emphasizes that good sleep is both a skill and lifestyle. The science of sleep and how it affects chronic pain are foundational in this course. Then, sleep hygiene, stimulus control, and sleep-supportive lifestyle changes are taught using sleep science to support them.

Supporting Your Mental Health: 

Supporting Your Mental Health equips learners with strategies to cope with the distressing reality of living with chronic pain. It teaches tools to support mood and overall well-being, while stressing the importance of self-care and creating social support networks.

Conclusion 

Pain education is vital to engage patients in their own care. The I-Engage Academy eLearning courses share evidence-based information to support a holistic approach to pain management. Learners can add several strategies from these courses to their pain management toolkit, and better understand their own pain.

Check out these courses today by signing up for a free I-Engage Academy membership.