Persistent Pain Program Group Descriptions
(Open to Persistent Pain Participants only)
Mindfulness Series (2-part class)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Scientifically proven to help not only with pain response but in everyday life. This workshop introduces meditation, provides individual instruction classes, and also teaches the practical aspects and basics of a meditation practice.
Healing Arts
Open to: Persistent Pain and Primary Care Support Program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Centre for Creative Arts
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Tap into your creative side. Held at the Centre for Creative Arts. Call the PCN to register. Please be advised that this class starts promptly at 1 pm. For more information visit:
https://creativecentre.ca/about/healing-arts-program.
Medical Marijuana (Telehealth with Dr. Pereira)
Open to: Persistent Pain participants. Must call to register.
Location: Aberdeen Centre
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Everything you ever wanted to know about cannabis but were afraid to ask!
Opioid Education (Telehealth with Dr. Pereira)
Open to: Persistent Pain participants. Must call to register.
Location: Aberdeen Centre
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Learn about opioids and their use and misuse in persistent pain.
Pacing and Posture
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: What is pacing and why is it important? Learn about proper posture and aids for sitting and sleeping.
Pain Education (2-part class)(Also available on www.grandeprairiepcn.com)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Learn about the difference between acute and persistent pain, the mechanisms of pain, and gain a better understanding of why pain becomes persistent.
Persistent Pain Orientation (Also available on www.grandeprairiepcn.com)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hour
Description: Find out what the Persistent Pain Program has to offer.
Self-Management Strategies (3 class options)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register. Classes can be booked as a series workshop or individually.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: Each session is 1.5 hours
Description: Learn skills/strategies to support your journey in managing your pain;
Part 1 Self-talk: Learn how self- talk impacts our pain levels. Learn and practice strategies to change our self-talk patterns.
Part 2 Communication: Learn different styles of communication and how to effectively communicate your pain needs and limitations.
Part 3 Relaxation: Learn how the relaxation response can help with your persistent pain.
Sleep and Persistent Pain (2-part class)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Learn about the relationship between persistent pain and sleep. Gain a better understanding of your sleep, and possible ways to increase the frequency and quality of sleep.
Trigger Point Workshop (3-part class)
Open to: Persistent Pain program participants. This group requires a referral from the program's Physical Therapist.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Learn what trigger points are, how they can contribute to persistent pain and most importantly, how to release your own trigger points.
GP PCN Group Description
(Open to the General Public)
Anxiety to Calm (8-part workshop)
Open to: Public. Must call to register
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: This 8-week workshop will help people learn more about anxiety, develop skills to manage and reduce anxiety, and experience more calmness. Some of the people who have previously taken the workshop reported: an increased ability to do their daily work and tasks, more energy, better mental health, and increased socialization with family and friends.
Arthritis
Open to: Public. No registration required.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: Learn about three of the most common forms of arthritis – Rheumatoid, Osteoarthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis.
Craving Change (4-part workshop)
Open to: Public. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Do you crave a change to your eating habits? Saying "no" to temptation takes more than willpower. It's about learning and practicing new ways of thinking and behaving. This 4-part workshop will provide practical change strategies that can help address problematic eating behaviors or thoughts.
Diet and Inflammation
Open to: Public. No registration required.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Learn about what you're eating and how it can increase or decrease the inflammatory response.
Fibromyalgia
Open to: Public. No Registration Required.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length:1.5 hours
Description: For those suffering with fibromyalgia and their friends and family. Learn more about this troubling syndrome and what you can do to manage it.
Happiness Basics (4-part workshop)
Open to: Public. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Our workshops will teach you the skills you need to live a happier life. Our empowering Happiness Basics program will help you understand how happy people think and what they do to create happiness.
Introduction to Exercise
Open to: Public. Must call to register.
Location : Grande Prairie PCN.
Session Length: 1.5 hours
Description: This class will provide an overview of the benefits of exercise and discuss the importance of increasing your physical activity. It will review the basic elements of exercise and provide specific examples of each component. You will be guided to outline an exercise program while tailoring it to your own abilities and goals. Finally, barrier brainstorming and motivation methods will be addressed to help you successfully maintain your exercise program.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Open to: Public. No registration required.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 2 hours
Description: Learn about this difficult condition and the role diet and self management play.
Mediterranean Diet Lunch and Learn
Open to: Public. Must call to register.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1 hour
Description: Come and learn about the Mediterranean Diet and the many health benefits that it has to offer! If you have diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or are just looking to eat healthier this class is for you. This class is a lunch and learn session and will include a cooking demonstration with some food samples for you to try.
Naloxone Education
Open to: Public. No registration required.
Location: Grande Prairie PCN
Session Length: 1 hour
Description: For opiate users and their friends and family. Learn to recognize and treat an overdose situation. After the education session, Naloxone kits are supplied to those who want one.
