When PAIN gets in the way

This event is delivered in association with Teesside University, Tees Valley Sport and You've Got This.

Flippin' Pain presents...

Prof. Cormac Ryan is Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation at Teesside University and the Community Pain Champion for the Flippin’ Pain Campaign. He has been researching in the field of pain and pain education for the past 15 years and has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications. He is co-editor of Pain and Rehabilitation – The Journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association and co-author of the Physiotherapy chapter within the Faculty of Medicine’s core standards for Pain Management Services. Internationally Cormac is one of the leading pain education researchers and was recently part of a team revising the British Pain Society’s Pain Management Programme guidelines.

8:30am-12:30pm
15th February 2023

When PAIN gets in the way

For anyone working in health & social care supporting people with chronic pain

If your job involves working with people affected by chronic (long-term) pain then THIS EVENT IS FOR YOU!

Do you provide advice, treatment, or support for people living with pain?

Are you confident that you know enough about pain to do the best for your patients/clients?

Do you ever feel confused or overwhelmed?

Join us for a fun, FREE and informative look at some of the lesser known complexities of pain, and some of the myths and misinformations that are often barriers to effective management. Our speakers and panel of expert guests will share insights, answer questions & encourage you to consider whether you might need to ‘flip’ the way you think about, talk about, & treat persistent pain.

You can register your place by clicking HERE.

Photographs of the Panel for 15 Feb 2023 event, 'When Pain Gets in the Way'

Look forward to a presentation by Prof Cormac Ryan from Teesside University and Flippin’ Pain, and an Expert Panel Q&A discussion involving you, the audience. Our panel involves (left to right):

Felicity Thow, Chair
Jamie Watson, Physiotherapy Pain Lead at at North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
Kathleen Wotton, person living with chronic pain
Genna Rigby, Long Term Health Conditions Lead at Impact on Teesside
Petra Douglas, person living with chronic pain.

These events are completely free and open to anyone who works in the health or social care sector, or associated professions e.g. in the fitness and wellness sector.

This event is face-to-face and will not be recorded.

Book your place here

Venue: The Styled Suite (Riverside Suite), Riverside Stadium, Middlesborough, TS3 6RS

Outreach tour 2023

Flippin’ Pain is a public health campaign with the objective of changing the way people think about, talk about, and treat chronic (or persistent) pain. The campaign delivers events and activities to improve its audience’s understanding of pain; empowering those affected by pain to make more informed lifestyle and healthcare utilisation choices. It also delivers events for health and wellness professionals to improve their understanding of pain and their ability to better support their patients/clients.

Throughout 2023 Flippin’ Pain, in collaboration with Tees Valley Sport and You’ve Got This will be designing and delivering a range of events in the north east of England, with particular focus on the Tees Valley region. This event represents the first of these locally targeted events.

You can register your place at our FREE Seminar by clicking HERE.

These events are completely free and open to anyone who works in the health or social care sector, or associated professions e.g. in the fitness and wellness sector.

This event is face-to-face and will not be recorded.

Please note: You do not need to book a place to visit our Brain Bus.