How To Incorporate Novel Pain Science Concepts Into Clinical Practice
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How To Incorporate Novel Pain Science Concepts Into Clinical Practice

Tue, Dec 9th, 2025
7:00pm – 10:00pm US Eastern Time
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About the Event

Wish you could empower people with chronic pain to move towards more meaningful lifestyles beyond the limitations imposed by pain? Are you tired of watching your patients stay locked into pain cycles that prevent them from embracing a higher quality of life? Explore how chronic pain traps people in a downward spiral of fear avoidance behaviors, health provider shopping, endless pill popping, disability, isolation and depression. Uncover how the traditional medical model of treating only physical symptoms without addressing underlying biopsychosocial issues fails to provide lasting change in cases of chronic pain. Adopt transformational interventions into your current rehab plans to endorse positive coping mechanisms that build resilience for optimal pain management with less deleterious side effects. Develop strategies to impact pain perception in a novel way using an educational approach that embraces neuroplasticity to encourage people to move beyond the hurt and fear. Enhance your patients’ knowledge of how pain works. Employ multiple tips and tricks to mitigate pain intensity and disability, improve mood, anxiety and sleep, and promote performance. Provide tools to boost participation in meaningful activities from ADL to work and recreation for measurable outcomes and more smiles in life!

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This live online event will be held as a Zoom Webinar. Attendees will have the option to interact through features such as the Chat and Q&A, but cameras and microphones will not be enabled.

Live Event Instructor

Theresa Schmidt

Theresa Schmidt

Dr. Theresa Schmidt PT, DPT, OCS, LMT, CEAS of Educise.com is an Orthopedic Certified Specialist PT, Expert Consultant, educator, massage therapist, hypnotherapist and author in private practice at Educise PC Health & Wellness in NH. She is a Clinical Specialist in the Pain program at New Hampshire VA. She received her DPT at UNE., served as faculty in PT and massage programs and presented for International Fascia Research Congress, APTA, AMTA, AOTA, NASA, Johns Hopkins, and Cleveland Clinics. She focuses on hands-on natural solutions to pain and mobility problems integrating manual therapy, precision exercise, functional training and alternative medicine approaches. Her engaging seminars inspire clinicians with practical tools they can apply immediately for measurable results clients rave about.

Target Audience

This live interactive webinar is intended for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Assistants, Licensed Massage Therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Athletic Trainers, Registered Nurses, Medi

Learning Objectives

After taking this activity, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Describe the neuroscience of pain perception in a manner patients can comprehend, challenging maladaptive perceptions using metaphors and stories to simplify the science of neuroplasticity.
  2. 2 Explain how the nervous system may respond to pain signals by becoming hypersensitive to threats, creating a pain cycle that entraps people into fear avoidance behaviors, catastrophizing, and disability.
  3. 3 Describe to people how to accept responsibility for becoming more engaged in their recovery by utilizing active strategies based on cognitive behavioral therapy, graded exercise, pacing, and mindful relaxation interventions to ease tension and pain.
  4. 4 Differentiate between pathology vs function to maximize recovery and encourage people to return to doing more of the activities that create a meaningful quality of life.

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Event Agenda

Agenda times are listed in US Eastern Time. That is 3 hours later than US Pacific Time. The event starts at 4:00pm US Pacific Time.

7:00 – 7:35 PM Introduction to Pain Neuroscience Education: How the brain and nervous system process pain signals.

7:35 – 7:55 PM Comparing Traditional and Integrative Models for Pain Management.

7:55 – 8:15 PM Central Sensitization, Hypervigilance, Fear Avoidance, and the Stress/Alarm Reaction: Understanding the roles of coping mechanisms in persistent pain.

8:15 – 8:35 PM Reframing the Mindset: The Role of Education in Reducing Perceived Threats.

8:35 – 8:55 PM Using Easy-to-Understand Stories About Pain Perception and the Body-Mind Connection.

8:55 – 9:15 PM Pain Science Tips and Tricks: Boosting Resilience and Modulating Pain Through Coping Mechanisms.

9:15 – 9:40 PM Sample Tools and Applications: CBT, mindfulness, relaxation, activity pacing, mindful movement, exercise, and stress response modification with case studies.

9:40 – 10:00 PM Integrating Pain Science into Plans of Care: Maximizing quality of life, functional outcomes, and meaningful participation.

All times are Eastern Time

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