a World of HURT: A Guide to Classifying Pain Overview Course

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Thank you for your interest in a World of HURT: A Guide to Classifying Pan Overview Course!

Who Should Attend: Physical and Occupational Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Medical Doctors, Psychologists, Athletic Trainers, Massage Therapists, Personal Trainers, and any other practitioners who are involved in treating musculoskeletal pain and prescribing exercise.

Early bird pricing $475.00 until May 4th 2025. Price increase to $525.00 after May4th.

Course Pricing includes a catered lunch on Sunday & light snacks & coffee both days

Student Discount: If you are a current student in a healthcare program, please use WOHSTUDENT as the promo code for 50% off course price.

1 Day Pricing: If you are not able to attend both days, please use promo code "WOHONEDAY" at checkout for 50% of total currrent cost of course.

Audit - if you have taken the World of Hurt Overview Course prior and would like to audit the course use WOHPHXAUDIT at checkout. Price to audit is %50 of current cost of course.

"a World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain" Text Book: The course matierial is taught from the book a World of HURT: A Guide to Classifying Pain” © 2023, World of Hurt LLC. It is not required to purchase the book prior to the course, but it is recommended. Purchase a World of Hurt Book: Click Here.

The book “a World of Hurt: A Guide to Classifying Pain” collaborates two proven mechanism classification systems to treat the Pain Continuum from Acute to Chronic. Collaborating the best of pain science education, specific exercise prescriptions and healthy lifestyle eating recommendations. These Words Moves and Foods interventions effectively treat musculoskeletal and neurological pain and spasticity based on the dominating peripheral or central mechanism. The principles from a World of HURT has been widely tested, used in many health care systems and private clinical settings, multidiscipline seminars, and university curricula. Clinicians, payers, and patients all benefit from the common language and insight provided by this resource. Six training courses assure a mechanism classification approach into clinical practice.

Course Description: This two-day course introduces information critical to the assessment and treatment of patients with acute, subacute, and chronic persistent pain. Translating pain mechanism research into clinical practice this course introduces to clinicians when to use a Pain Mechanism Approach versus a Pathoanatomical Approach. A pain mechanism approach allows classification and treatment of pain as it relates to the peripheral and central nervous system and it’s dominating factors to persistent symptoms. A Pain Mechanism Classification System (PMCS) will be outlined and serve to target selection of patient education and active care interventions for the dominating factors preventing full recovery allowing customization and individualization of care plans. The PMCS assessment will be demonstrated through live patient demonstrations, video, and paper case studies to aid application to clinicians’ practice. This course highlights a subgrouping framework, PMCS, which addresses pain from acute, subacute, and chronic stages covering chemical, structural, mechanical, cognitive, emotional, social, psychological, and cortical factors. This course integrates pain science research into a biopsychosocial dynamic approach utilizing breakout sessions for practical application of patient education and active care interventions. Promoting a common language toward recovery between pain clinicians of all disciplines and patients can transform rehabilitation interventions into patient self-assessment and prevention strategies. Included in this course, breakout sessions of active peripheral nervous system neurodynamic evaluation and treatment and central nervous system sensorimotor evaluation. The PMCS patient education and active care interventions support all patient ages and musculoskeletal to neurological diagnoses suffering from pain.

Course Objectives: At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

1. Differentiate subjective and objective clinical characteristics in nociceptive, peripheral neurogenic, central sensitization, affective and motor/autonomic pain mechanisms.

2. Apply Pain Mechanism and Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment classification principles to neurological patient population.

3. Classify dominant pain mechanism and prescribe patient education and active care intervention to musculoskeletal and neurological patients.

4. Objectively score patient related outcome measures using validated outcome tools.

5. Effectively communicate pain science education with individual treatment and within group model.

6. Effectively evaluate and treat Peripheral Nervous System, Neurodynamic, and Central Nervous System Sensorimotor Dysfunctions

Course Schedule

Day 1: Saturday May 31st

7:30: Course Introduction

8:15: Lecture: Pain Mechanism Classification System (PMCS) – Definitions, Research, & Clinical Practice Considerations

9:30: Interactive Workshop: Discussion how pain mechanism classification fits into your clinical practice? Role play foundational Pain Science Education topics.

10:00: Break

10:15: Lecture: Central Sensitization, Affective, Motor/Autonomic Pain Mechanisms Subjective & Objective Characteristics – Patient Education and Active Care Interventions

11:15: Interactive Workshop: CNS Paper Cases Classification Exercise & Debrief

12:00: Lunch on your own

1:00: Lecture: Progress Monitoring & Motivation: Yellow Flag Risk Form, Psychometric Tests – FABQ, PHQ-9

1:30: Interactive Workshop: Central Sensitization & Affective Pain Mechanisms CBT Pain Science Education and Active Care Intervention (Video Patient Cases), Patient Education Handouts

2:30: Lecture: Documentation and Goal Setting

3:00: Break

3:15: Interactive CBT Workshop & Debrief: Role-playing clinician and patient pain science topics: Explaining CNS mechanisms & Brain’s Role in Pain, Traffic Light Guide to Movement Safe Pain, Pain Journal, Batteries Exercise

4:15: Questions / Answers / Personal Case Discussion

4:30: Adjourn

Day 2: Sunday June 1st

7:30: Lecture: Patient Education Appendix and Resources

8:45: Lecture: Psychometric Measures (FABQ, PASS, PHQ-9)

9:15: Interactive Workshop: Review Personality Tests and Therapeutic Alliance strengths and weakness

9:45: Break

10:00: Lecture: Affective Pain Mechanism: Readiness for Treatment Precontemplation & Contemplation Stages: What approach When? Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT); Readiness Questionnaire

11:15: Demonstration / Interactive Workshop: Set the Scene and Act the Part: Observe and actively participate in live demonstrations of role-playing tough clinician and patient scenarios; how to use your words to motivate, direct treatment, and guide the patient to take the lead in their care.

12:00: Lunch Provided

1:00: Lecture: Motor/Autonomic Pain Mechanism Subjective and Objective Characteristics

1:45: Lecture: CNS Sensory and Motor Evaluation Objective Tests

2:30: Break

2:45: Demonstration / Interactive Workshop: CNS Motor & Sensory Evaluation Objective Tests Demonstration

4:00: Summary of Pain Mechanisms – Lamp Analogy

4:15: Questions / Answers / Personal Case Discussion

3:30: Adjourn

Continuing Education: Physical Therapists 14 CEUs in state of Arizona pending. All information needed for course submission in any state for any healthcare profession will be provided to each participant. World of HURT Courses have been accepted in many states by healthcare professsions including DC, ATC, Personal Trainer, OT, Psycholgy, MD, RN, ND, etc

Course PDF: Documents will be emailed from world of hurt email (worldofhurt2@gmail.com) to you directly 1 week prior to the course via google drive. It is recommended to bring a copy of the PDF to the course electroniically or by printing so that you can take notes and reference the PDF during the course.

Please use the email to sign up that you would like course communciations sent to. Some work emails block google drive documents from being delivered. Please keep this in mind when signing up.

Course Questions: Please don't hesitate to reach out to Melissa Watson for any questions regarding the course inccludnig travel arragements and rcommedinataions. She can be reached via phone or text at (513) 518-9239 or email worldofhurt2@gmail.com.

We are looking forward to meeting you at the course!!