Let's Talk Pacing | A Fatigue & Pain Management Strategy

Hey gorgeous and welcome back for another solo episode of LTP!

In today's solo episode I am talking about pacing, a strategy that can be used to help manage fatigue and pain too!

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References from today's ep
Antcliff, D., Keenan, A.M., Keeley, P., Woby, S. & McGowan, L. (2021). “Pacing does help you 

get your life back”: The acceptability of a newly developed activity pacing framework for chronic pain/fatigue. Musculoskeletal Care, 20(1), 99-110. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1557

Barakou, I., Hackett, K.L., Finch, T. & Hettinga, F.J. (2023). Self-regulation of effort for a better health-related quality of life: A multidimensional activity pacing model for chronic pain and fatigue management. Annals of Medicine, 55(2), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/07853890.2023.2270688

National Health Service. (2021). Chronic pain self-management pacing and goal setting. https://www.wsh.nhs.uk/CMS-Documents/Patient-leaflets/PainService/6290-1c-Chronic-pain-self-management-pacing-and-goal-setting.pdf

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