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PD Powerup: A pain management program

Reclaim Your Life: A Comprehensive and Personalized Pain Management Program for Parkinson's Patients

Learn to self-manage your pain in Parkinson's disease

Are you tired of living with chronic pain in Parkinson's? Are you looking for a non-pharmacological approach to manage your pain? Look no further! PD Powerup is a comprehensive group program designed for managing pain in Parkinson's Disorder to effectively self-manage pain with the use of a non-pharmacological approach to enhance function and quality of life. Our program is tailored to address the unique needs and goals of each individual patient.

This program is supported by a community grant from the Parkinson's Foundation. The program is available free of cost to Hawaii residents.

Why PD Powerup?

Pain is one of the most common non-motor Parkinson's symptoms affecting up to 80% of the Parkinson’s population. Unfortunately, this is an underexplored area and very often remains undertreated, leading to a poor quality of life. At BeyondRehab, we understand the impact that chronic pain can have on your daily life and we are committed to providing a solution. Our program offers a unique approach to managing pain in Parkinson's by focusing on a non-pharmacological approach and empowering patients to take control of their own pain management.

Goals

Our program aims to provide patients with the skills, knowledge, and behavioral changes necessary to:

  • Acquire the skills, knowledge, and behavioral changes necessary.

  • Assume or re-assume primary responsibility of your physical as well as emotional well-being (active coping).

  • Achieve maximum functional independence.

  • Maximize activities of daily living (ADLs).

Outcomes

Empowering pain understandings: Learn to effectively interpret the pain and factors influencing pain experience, increased confidence, and autonomy in managing pain.


Active coping skills: Shift of health and well-being responsibility from health care professionals and therapists to the person.


Re-engage in life activities: Facilitate gradual increase in movement and engagement, decrease fear of activity, and increase in perceived control.


Return to a productive life while actively managing persistent pain in Parkinson's.

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Week1:
Learn about Pain

Better understanding of pain neuroscience, deconstructing the pain experience, pain beliefs, ways to optimize neuroplasticity and engaging in grounding practice.

WEEK2:
Re-connect & Re-train

Engaging in sensory training with gradual increase in movement. Understanding diverse types of exercises for Parkinson’s disease and identifying appropriate exercise dosage.

WEEK3:
Flare-up pain & freezing management

Understanding and discovering the potential causes, triggers, and effective strategies to manage it.

WEEK4:
Re-engage

Explore ways to advance your skills sets, task specific strengthening, and community integration to facilitate return to a higher level of function.

Key Features

How to Register?

To better provide you information on whether this program is suitable for you, please connect with us on a Free Discovery Call.

Jessica W.

"A foundational course for learning about mind-body connection in pain perception."
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