Escape Pain

Enabling Self-Management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using exercise

For people living with arthritic pain in the the knee, hip or back

Escape-Pain is a group rehab programme for people living with joint pain that uses education and coping strategies alongside exercise.  It helps you to understand your condition, teaches you simple things you can help yourselves with, and takes you through a progressive exercise programme so that you can learn how to cope with the pain better.

We now have details for the delivery of this programme in 2024 at The Abbey Stadium:

Programme details:

• Starting Wednesday 23rd October 2024
• 6 weeks
• 12 sessions
• FREE
• Meeting days Wednesdays and Fridays
• 2:30pm to 3.30pm
• Programmes running throughout 2024

Enabling Self-management and Coping with Arthritic Pain using Exercise

ESCAPE-pain is a rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain, that integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen individualised for each participant. It helps people understand their condition, teaches them simple things they can help themselves with, and takes them through a progressive exercise programme so they learn how to cope with pain better. 

Robust shows that ESCAPE-pain:

• Reduces pain
• Improves physical function
• Improves the psychosocial consequences of pain
• Reduces healthcare and utilization costs.

You can access the ESCAPE-pain website here.  

Redditch Borough Council are working with the Health Innovation Network to bring these evidence based sessions to your locality. 

Here is a recent clip on ITV