Information for Patients

• Gabapentin (RCHT1650)
• Pregabalin (RCHT1654)
• Steroid injections (RCHT1714)
• Tricyclics (RCHT1655)

• Botox injections in the pain clinic (RCHT 511)
• Cryotherapy (RCHT 564)
• Facet Denervation (RCHT 07)
• Greater occipital nerve block (RCHT1803)
• Intravenous lidocaine infusion (RCHT1145)
• Peripheral Nerve Stimulation (PNS) RCHT1185
• Pulsed radiofrequency (RCHT 993)
• Spinal injections (RCHT1357)
• Stellate ganglion block (RCHT 490)
• Suprascapular nerve injection (RCHT1776)
• Trigger point injections (RCHT 488)

• Driving and pain medications (RCHT1505)

• Following spinal implant procedures (RCHT 1610)

• patients with back pain
• patients with neck pain
• patients with knee pain
• patients with foot pain
• patients with shoulder pain
• patients with elbow pain

Yoga exercise videos:

• 45-minute beginner's yoga video class

Pilates exercise videos:

• 30-minute chair-based pilates video
• 30-minute pilates video class designed for patients with chronic pain
• 30-minute pilates video class for patients with back pain
• 30-minute pilates video class for patients with arthritis
• 30-minute pilates video class for patients with knee pain

• Click here to view a series of videos about mindfulness movement
• Click here to view a series of videos about Tai Chi

Bedtime meditation

Getting a better night's sleep. Watch this video class that takes you step by step towards a comfortable seated practice of meditation.

Living with chronic pain (listen online - audio CD)

Living with chronic pain is a free to access site which has 10 audio tracks covering a variety of topics including living with chronic pain, how to improve your fitness sleep and diet as well as a step-by-step approach to goal setting, how to use “Relaxation” to get a better night’s sleep.

Be mindful

Be Mindful is an online course for reducing stress, depression and anxiety. It guides you through the elements of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT).

Mindfulness Cornwall

Mindfulness Cornwall is a charity which aims to help people learn about and use mindfulness in their everyday lives. They offer an 8-week courses and individual appointments.

The Expert Patient Programme

The expert patient programme is open to all patients in Cornwall and run by a team of trained volunteers. As part of the course, you attend six weekly sessions, which last two and a half hours, where you will learn how to manage your condition and meet other people who share similar experiences. The registration form and contact details are at the bottom of the page.

Reconnect2life

Reconnect2life is an interactive webpage where you can click through a series of information pages at home about understanding pain, improving your fitness and how you think about pain and how pain effects your mood. The health and fitness section also includes a step-by-step how to do it guides and videos on Tai Chi and Body conditioning.

Body reprogramming

Body reprogramming is a course for people who have Chronic Primary Pain, such as fibromyalgia. It provides an understanding of the condition and explores ways to help you reduce your symptoms. The course is composed of 6 sessions, each about 2 hours long.
If you would like to take part please contact your GP because they must refer you directly for this.

The Pain Management Plan

The Pain management Plan book, which can be purchased from Amazon, describes how to complete a personal “pain management programme” at home.

Pathway through pain

Pathway through pain is an online pain management program which you can enrol on for £40 and complete at home.

• a booklet entitled: "An introduction to pelvic pain" produced by the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia. This short guide contains lots of information about different types of pelvic pain, advice about how to reduce your symptoms and is aimed girls, women, men and families.
• a handout entitled "The Mitchell Method of Physiological Relaxation" produced by the Pelvic, Obstetric and Gynaecological Physiotherapy Network. This guide describes a technique which enables you to relax the whole or parts of your body. With practice, it can be used easily and anywhere to relax and reduce muscle and pelvic pain.

• a 3D video animation of female pelvic floor muscles
• a 3D video animation of male pelvic floor muscles

Physiotherapy exercises for Women

Click on the links below to view:

• a handout entitled "Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Women produced by the Australian National Continence Program. While the document is aimed at helping women improve bladder control, these same exercises can also help patients with pelvic pain improve the control, function and strength of their pelvic floor muscles and can help reduce pelvic pain symptoms.
• a webpage and handout entitled: "Easy Stretches to Relax the Pelvis – Women" produced by the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia.

Physiotherapy exercises for Men

Click on the links below to view:

• a handout entitled "Pelvic Floor Muscle Training for Men produced by the Australian National Continence Program. While the document is aimed at helping men improve bladder control, these same exercises can also help patients with pelvic pain improve the control, function and strength of their pelvic floor muscles and can help reduce pelvic pain symptoms.
• a webpage and handout entitled: "Easy Stretches to Relax the Pelvis – Men" produced by the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia.

• an exercise video teaching you how to do pelvic floor physiotherapy