Self Management Toolkit WORLDWIDE
About this ebook
12 Self-Management Tools
Tool 1 - Accept that you have a long-term health condition ... and then begin to move on
Tool 2 - Get involved, building a support team
Tool 3 - Pacing daily activities
Tool 4 - Learn to prioritise/plan out your days
Tool 5 - Setting Goals/ Action Plans
Tool 6 - Being patient with yourself
Tool 7 - Learn relaxation skills
Tool 8 - Keeping Active...Stretching & Exercising
Tool 9 - Keep a diary and tracking your progress
Tool 10 - Have a setback plan
Tool 11 - Teamwork
Tool 12 - Keeping it up and being resilient.
The Self-Management has been adapted from the Pain Toolkit which I authored in 2001. When you click on each of the tools from 1-12, the videos are from the Pain Toolkit, simply because most people long-term health conditions, will be experiencing some type of long-term pain.
About the author
My story will probably be a familiar one to yours…
The text you see in blue are hyperlinks to extra useful pain self-management information and also to the Pain Toolkit videos.
A long-term health problem can be difficult to understand and manage on an everyday basis and like many people, I struggled to manage my long-term health problems, including back pain in the early 1990’s.
I became stuck in what they call the medical model. I called it the NHS merry go round, being passed around from one doctor/therapist to another.
I was also a serial doctor/therapy shopper and spent around £8,000 seeing a variety of healthcare professionals privately, wanting to be fixed.
I knew I was sinking fast and also out of money. I started to get depressed and on the 31st December 1994 I considered ending my life.
The next day I looked in the mirror whilst having a shave and recognised the person who was going to get me out of this mess I was in.
I got myself on the INPUT Pain Management Programme in 1996. This programme gave me the tools, skills, but most importantly, it gave me the confidence to manage my pain, myself.
I worked hard on the information the programme gave me and since 1997 I haven't had the need to take any pain medication, simply because I still use the information from the programme.
Is it easy? Well it’s like most things, you have to work at it. I’m not an academic guy, but if I can do it, then I know others can as well.
The Self-Management Toolkit is a simple information digital booklet that could provide you with some handy tips and skills to support you along the way to manage your long-term health conditions.
I have included information from the Pain Toolkit booklet, as long-term pain as for many people is their pain is long-term health problem.
It is not meant to be the last word in self-management but a handy guide to help you get started.
All you need is to be willing to read it and take on board some of the suggestions.
This Self-Management Toolkit is for all the people who live around the world, who live with long-term health conditions and feel like they are struggling, but want to get back in the driving seat.
Good luck!
Pete Moore
