Maine's Capital Area

The Chronic Pain Workshop is a 6-week workshop for those who want to learn ways to better manage their pain and health concerns. The workshop is held once a week for 2 ½ hours for adults who have long-term or chronic pain lasting longer than 3 – 6 months, or beyond the normal healing time for an injury.

Participants of this interactive workshop learn ways to deal with frustration... fatigue... poor
sleep.... isolation.

You will also learn appropriate exercises for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, endurance.... techniques for pacing activity and rest..... how to evaluate new treatments... appropriate use of medications.... and much more.

Studies have shown that participants of the Chronic Pain Workshop gain immediate benefits: more
vitality and energy..... pain is reduced.... more independent lifestyle....improved mental health... more involvement in everyday activities....more satisfaction with their lives.

Spectrum Generations is licensed by Stanford University to provide the Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP) ©Sandra M. LeFort and Lisa Sulyok.

Spectrum Generations is offering this workshop February 29 – April 4, 2016; 6:00-8:30 pm (Mondays) to be held at Gardiner High School, 40 West Hill Rd, Gardiner. To register for this free workshop, call MSAD 11 Adult Education at 582-3774 or register at www.msad11.maineadulted.org

Spectrum Generations is the central Maine Area Agency on Aging as well as a federally designated Aging and Disability Resource Center. We serve older and disabled adults – plus those who care for them – Our service area covers the six central Maine counties of Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Somerset and Waldo, plus the towns of Brunswick and Harpswell in Cumberland County. We bridge the gap between traditional medical services, and home and community. These services allow them to age in place, in their own homes and communities, while maintaining independent, healthy, vital and dignified lives.

The public is invited to call the Agency’s Consumer Helpline at 1-800-639-1553. For more information on Spectrum Generations visit spectrumgenerations.org