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The Centre for Health, Exercise & Sports Medicine (CHESM) at the University of Melbourne are excited to announce the release of painTRAINER (www.painTRAINER.org).
The painTRAINER program is an interactive, online tool that teaches you effective strategies to manage your pain. The painTRAINER program is made up of 8 sessions, each lasting about 30-45 minutes. It is recommended that you complete one session per week. The painTRAINER program uses techniques that have been tested in scientific research.
- Learn about how using pain coping skills changes the way you react to pain.
- Learn a variety of pain coping skills and how to use them in your everyday life. Practicing the skills is an important part of the program.
- Contains useful resources to log your practice, set reminders, and a workbook that is provided digitally, so that people may print/download for their own use.
- Available free-of-charge to all users (e.g. people with persistent pain, physiotherapists, physiotherapy students, educators, researchers)
The current, updated painTRAINER was created by researchers (Professor Kim Bennell and Professor Rana Hinman) at the University of Melbourne in collaboration with Dr Christine Rini (Northwestern University) and Dr Francis Keefe (Duke University). It was funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Research Excellence in Translational Research in Musculoskeletal Pain, Australia (Grant Number 1079078) and the Myeloma Division of the John Theurer Cancer Center of Hackensack University Medical Center (New Jersey, U.S.A.).
Take part in our other research projects
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Mobile app for Knee Osteoarthritis (MappKO)
This study is comparing the effects of physiotherapy versus physiotherapy and a mobile app on knee osteoarthritis symptoms.
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Modified Yoga Exercise (COPE)
This study is comparing the effects of online education to a modified yoga exercise program for managing osteoarthritis symptoms.
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Exercise for Hip Pain (PHOENIX)
This study is comparing the effects of two different 9-month exercise programs on hip osteoarthritis symptoms.
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Physiotherapists' Survey: Managing Hip Pain (CHASE)
This study is examining how physiotherapists manage chronic hip pain.
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Osteoarthritis Knowledge Survey (OAKS)
This study is examining people's knowledge of hip and knee osteoarthritis.
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Athletic footwear for reducing knee loads in girls and women
This study is assessing athletic footwear for reducing knee loads in female netball players.
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Ankle sprains in netball
This study is investigating ankle sprains and chronic ankle instability in netball.
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Exercise and Weight loss for Hip Pain (ECHO)
This study is comparing the effects of exercise versus exercise and weight loss programs on hip osteoarthritis symptoms.
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Telehealth Assessment
This study is investigating the agreement between functional tests performed via telehealth versus in-person.