President and Founder Fibromyalgia Association Troy, Michigan
Are you or your patients struggling with the challenges of chronic pain management? Discover how Health Coaching can be the key to unlocking treatment success by enhancing adherence, cutting down clinic visits, and boosting outcomes. Join a National Board Certified Health Coach who has personally overcome fibromyalgia, transitioning from bedridden to rock climbing with the help of health coaching tools. Gain evidence-based practical tips to empower your patients and explore collaboration strategies that don’t necessitate having a health coach on-site. Learn how coaching empowers patients with the knowledge, skills, tools, and confidence to take charge of their care, and how coaches can be a valuable addition to your pain management tool kit.
Learning Objectives:
Evaluate the evidence supporting health coaching in chronic pain management, with a focus on its effects on patient adherence, cutting down clinic visits, and boosting outcomes.
Explain how National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches, certified in Pain Management, support chronic pain self-management through education and behavior change, complementing clinical care.
Identify communication techniques that harness the benefits of neuroplasticity and support patient self-management—recognizing that words really matter: they can significantly influence brain pathways, symptom perception, and treatment engagement.
Summarize practical models for integrating health coaching into clinical care, including remote and referral-based approaches that extend support beyond the clinic setting.
Describe how National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches apply motivational interviewing techniques to engage clients in developing meaningful and sustainable lifestyle strategies for managing chronic pain.
