Pain, an over-performing alarm system

About us

This conference will help you better understand the phenomenon of pain and, above all, learn how to manage it in a healthy way by incorporating non-pharmacological approaches into your daily routine, which will enable you to better control it and ultimately identify the factors that can accentuate it.

Chronic and persistent pain affects many people in Québec. Many people with diseases such as arthritis, neurofibromatosis, diabetes or cancer may suffer from persistent pain, for which medication is not always the answer. Although pain is not always a sign of damage to the body, it can still be very disabling.

This conference covers a number of important topics. Here’s what we’ll be talking about:

• Significance of pain and mechanism of onset
• Pain and your brain
• The pain cycle, how to break it
• Non-pharmacological pain management strategy
  • Visualization and cognition
  • Meditation and mindfulness
• Alternative and complementary medicine: acupuncture, massage therapy, osteopathy
  • Rehabilitation: physiotherapy and occupational therapy
  • Thermotherapy
  • Physical activity and exercise
• Coping with pain
  • Support and entourage
  • Mental health support for persistent pain