Springboard is a group pain management program that
provides skills to improve quality of life

If you’ve been living with pain for a while, life can feel like it’s on hold – waiting for a diagnosis, waiting for investigations, waiting for treatments, waiting for it to just go away…

Springboard is a group pain management program run by Dr Bronwyn Lennox Thompson.

If you’ve been living with pain for a while, life can feel like it’s on hold – waiting for a diagnosis, waiting for investigations, waiting for treatments, waiting for it to just go away...

Meanwhile life goes on, sometimes with you waiting on the side-lines watching as everyone else does what they do without you.

This doesn’t mean you’re not busy: you have appointment after appointment after appointment, and your time isn’t your own!
Springboard is a six-week programme developed to help you decide what’s important to you, and to support you to take the next best steps towards being yourself again. Each session is 90 minutes long, there are some “missions” (should you choose to accept them!) to do in your own time and place, and a telephone follow-up to see how you’re going after a few weeks.

You’ll get to meet other people in the same boat as you: pain that hasn’t gone away as quickly as you’d like, having other treatments at the same time, and probably on ACC. People who understand what you mean when you say your pain hasn’t changed... yet

The Six Sessions Cover

01 Understanding

Your understanding of pain and how it works

02 Managing Activity

Managing activity levels – how much is too much?

03 Options

Some ways to look at your options for the future

04 Sleep

Sleep, glorious sleep!

05 Team

 Who’s on your team?  The other people in your life.

06 Plan

Your personal pain management plan - and what to do when things go wrong.

The Developer and Facilitator

Dr Bronwyn Lennox Thompson

PhD, MSc (Psych), DipOT

Bronnie brings 30-years experience working in pain management and rehabilitation to her practice. Her original training in occupational therapy means she always has an eye to what can help someone do what’s important in thei rdaily life. She has worked in pain rehabilitation for most of her clinical career, both at Burwood Pain Management Centre, and in a range of roles in private practice. She has a popular blog is a notable speaker for conferences worldwide.

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How to access Springboard

This course is available through the ACC pain service. Please ask your key worker to contact Australis Specialist Pain Clinic for more information. It may also be funded by some third party insurers.