Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM) Course Information

What is MBCPM?

The Mindfulness-Based Chronic Pain Management (MBCPM) program is based on work started 30 years ago at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical School – work that has come to be known as the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program.  MBCPM was developed by Jackie Gardner-Nix M.D., an internationally respected physician and a leader in the chronic pain management field. 

MBCPM is a 10-week program and has been tailored to accommodate limitations often experienced by chronic pain sufferers.  And while the course offers methods that are quite different from the usual procedures, surgeries, and drugs, the program is clearly offered as a complement to conventional medicine that is to say, the course is “in addition to”, not “instead of”, traditional therapies.  MBCPM trains participants to become aware of thoughts and emotions that affect the pain experience and, in so doing, leverage the healing links between mind and body.  More than 2,000 students have successfully completed the course, many of whom now experience considerably less disability and suffering.

While treatments like medication and physical therapy can be enormously beneficial to the body, in order to maximize pain relief, it’s necessary to take advantage of the mind’s healing capabilities.  MBCPM offers a new treatment approach that helps harness the mind’s power to quiet pain and regain control.  Mindfulness practice, including stationary meditations, movement meditations, mindful art, and other strategies, encourages:

• ·         Understanding how emotions and thought affect physical symptoms
• ·         Reversing the debilitating effects of some chronic pain conditions
• ·         Preventing pain from becoming chronic or long-term
• ·         Lifting the anxiety and depression that may accompany chronic pain

Dr. Gardner-Nix’s research findings from a trial using MPCPM as an intervention indicate that the course significantly improved participants’ quality of life and reduced “Usual Pain” levels – a widely used measure for assessing pain intensities.  

Like MBSR, the MBCPM course promotes active partnership in the concept of participatory medicine, one in which patients/clients take on significant responsibility for doing a certain kind of interior work in order to tap into their own deepest inner resources for learning, growing, healing, and transformation.

Please note: The classes and programs offered by eMindful  are intended to be educational and do not constitute any form of clinical treatment.

The eMindful classes and programs offered on this website do not constitute professional medical advice and should not be used as a substitute for medical diagnosis, advice or services.

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