Niel Asher Education

Integrated Chronic Pain Management and Program Design

Niel Asher Education

Integrated Chronic Pain Management and Program Design

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Use precise, validating communication to explore pain and sensation while supporting autonomy and reducing unnecessary threat.

  • Design predictable, consent-based sessions using somatic awareness and cautious nervous-system regulation strategies.

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October 2026

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6 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Chronic Pain Management and Pain Neuroscience Education Specialization
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There are 6 modules in this course

This opening module establishes the safety decisions that come before education, exercise, or hands-on care. Learners begin with an integrated-care roadmap, then practice deciding when to proceed, pause, refer, or activate emergency support.

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1 video2 readings1 assignment

This module examines hands-on care without relying on structural-correction stories. Learners define a limited role for manual therapy, select pressure according to response, and discuss trigger points with appropriate scientific uncertainty.

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3 videos3 readings1 assignment

This module turns short-term symptom change into active, sustainable care. Learners will decide when a local technique is worth testing, use movement to develop meaningful capacity, and plan graded activity without making pain elimination the price of participation.

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2 videos3 readings1 assignment

This module applies the course framework to low-back and neck-pain cases. Learners will organize regional findings, personal context, safety information, goals, and treatment responses without allowing one body structure or technique to dominate the plan.

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1 video2 readings1 assignment

This module converts individual treatment decisions into a coordinated program. Learners will define outcomes, assign each intervention a purpose, plan delivery and review points, coordinate care, and establish how the program will progress, change, or end.

What's included

1 reading1 assignment

This final module consolidates the course into one reusable professional workflow. Learners revisit the opening case, audit the program built in Module 5, and identify how they will apply the course within their own role.

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2 readings1 assignment

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