Pain Toolkit Cafe an innovative way of learning encouraging group discussion

The Pain Café is now online!

A virtual space that allows people to participate remotely, represented by an avatar of their choice, in a real-time Pain Toolkit workshop. The purpose of the workshop is to explain in detail the fundamental skill of pacing and to introduce participants to the 12 skills of the Pain Toolkit.

The purpose of the project is to create a space where people with persistent pain and healthcare professionals can collaborate to develop their skills in pain self-management. This is designed to allow them to participate in Pain Toolkit workshops led by Pete Moore and to meet in informal settings to discuss with their peers.

An immersive environment

The Pain Toolkit Cafe is designed so that people can meet in 2d and 3d virtual reality. This is to allow access via PC and cell phone as well as via VR headsets. The concept is not entirely dependent on the immersive properties of Virtual Reality

The evaluation is designed to test the feasibility of the delivery and explore the potential added value of delivering the workshop in an immersive environment.

The challenge is to explore the human factors involved, especially from the perspective of the public user in a home setting; and to create valuable assets that could be used in the environment.

The covid Pain Toolkit

Before February 2020 no one had ever heard of Covid-19, let alone the term ‘Long Covid’ and even now, both healthcare professionals and people with long covid are still learning about the effects it has.

Long Covid refers to a condition where a person doesn’t feel fully recovered from their illness.  One of the outcomes of even milder Covid-19 infections can include fatigue, persistent pain, muscle fatigue, Memory and concentration problems.

The Covid Pain Toolkit is a self-management tool for people living with long COVID-19 designed by Pete Moore and Katie Knapton.

Discover more on the official website

Want to find out more?

Discover the pain toolkit with Denis Martin and Pete Moore at the VR4REHAB – from ideas to reality Conference, on 24 June 2021, from 09:55 to 11:15

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