@keithmeldrum.bsky.social
Retired civil engineer technologist. Persistent pain and mitochondrial disease advocate. Blog: A Path Forward https://www.facebook.com/APathFWD?mibextid=LQQJ4d Kelowna, BC, Canada π¨π¦
Pain Toolkit in Conversation (13th Feb 2026)
Healthcare Professionals and Pain Self Managers sharing how their successful Supported Self Management Practices has helped others in their communities and around the world.
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Next week is Pain Supported Self Management Week 2026 @matthew-wright.bsky.social so important for all of us who live with persistent pain.
Finishes on Saturday morning 2am with our 5th worldwide online conference.
Iβll be posting daily info
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Myself and @keithmeldrum.bsky.social doing a dry run for our daily Instagram lives next week for Pain Supported Self Management Week 2026
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Todayβs A Path Forward blog is about slight increases in pain with exercise/meaningful movement as part of managing oneβs persistent pain.
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Next week is Pain Supported Self Management Week and every day at 5pm UK time and myself and @keithmeldrum.bsky.social will be taking questions on the Pain Toolkit Instagram account www.instagram.com/paintoolkit?...
So come and join us.
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Myself and @keithmeldrum.bsky.social would like to hear from you, if you are a Supported Self Management #Influencer for people living with long term health conditions.
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Todayβs A Path Forward post is about the fundamental importance of universally embedding the updated and new definitions of pain into all healthcare education curricula. Chronic pain is biopsychosocial.
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Keep getting asked about Co-creating Health and no, itβs not NEW βΌοΈ
Iβve been working with healthcare professionals like Katie Knapton Knapton - Universities and pharma companies here and around the world for years.
Read more The Health Foundation
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Todayβs blog post is the need to support people who live with persistent pain through an enactive lens.
Blog link: www.facebook.com/share/p/1DyP...
Message me your experiences
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What the Supported Self Management World still needs to work onβ¦Providing Supported Self Mgt Programmes/courses/workshops in and for people
- different languages
- learning materials in different languages and concepts
- with vision or hearing problems
- mental health,
- learning difficulties
I posted this Poll 1st January 6yrs ago.
Going by recent conversations with healthcare providers, nothing has really changed.
Whatβs your opinionβ
More importantly, when is the healthcare community going to do something about itβ
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Sunset in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada (December 30).
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Todayβs A Path Forward post is about focusing on regaining function when interventions are not appropriate. Even interventionists can be allies in supporting people in supported self-management.
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Todayβs blog post is about meaningful movement/physical activity as part of managing our long-term health conditions. Consistency is key. Link: tinyurl.com/mrx6sh5e
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Pete & Keith Meldrum @keithmeldrum.bsky.social
discuss and review our 2025.
We also chat about all the organisations, self managers and healthcare workers who have inspired us this year.
Well worth a watch
youtu.be/2y9s8itzbXk?... via @YouTube
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Black-and-white historical photograph showing a massive, billowing mushroom cloud rising high above a calm body of water. The cloud is dark and turbulent at the base, gradually lightening toward the top, with a thick stem connecting it to the surface. A small ship is visible in the foreground on the water, dwarfed by the enormous cloud, providing scale. The horizon is flat with distant land or trees faintly visible.
On Dec. 6, 1917 at 8:45 a.m., the Imo and Mont-Blanc (which was packed with explosives) collided in Halifax Harbour.
At 9:05 a.m., the Mont-Blanc exploded. The 2.9 kiloton blast levelled most of Halifax, killed 1,700 and injured 9,000.
This is the story.
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December 6th in Canada is The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. On this day in 1989, 14 women were murdered in an anti-feminist attack; another 10 women and 4 men were injured. It is known as the Γcole Polytechnique massacre.
We can never forget what happened.
5th Pain Supported Self Management - Online World Conference
The Theme next year is UPSTREAM - DOWNSTREAM
Unsure what UPSTREAM - DOWNSTREAM is?
youtu.be/qarQXqKbmLg?...
How to register www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-pain-s...
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Todayβs A Path Forward blog thoughts on meaningful movement for post-surgery rehab and for long-term health condition management.
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Pete & @keithmeldrum.bsky.social discuss why Meaningful Movement is IMPORTANT for people living with Long Term Health Conditions
Video
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Audio
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Tomorrow evening (Sunday morning in BC) myself and @keithmeldrum.bsky.social will be recording a video on the importance of βMeaningful Movementβ
Both Keith and myself live with long term health conditions, so we will be speaking from experience and not a research paper.
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Todayβs thoughts on my first 5k following neuromodulation revision surgery. Meaningful movement (exercise for me) is an important part of managing long-term health conditions, both in prehab and rehab.
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With all happening, globally & locally, our lives can feel very overwhelmed. We can feel that the weight is too great & there is nothing that we, as individuals, can do. This quote is attributed to Morgan Freeman. It may sound naive, but I believe itβs true & powerful. Kindness is A Path Forward.
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Understanding & trying to manage adult pain is bad enough; not knowing what to do to help manage a childβs pain is unacceptable & heartbreaking. We need to do everything we can to manage & support childrenβs pain. Effective pediatric pain management is A Path Forward. #NPAW2025 #PrioritizePain
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As I sit here on a Sunday afternoon, I find myself wondering how many people make hospital or military corners when making their beds? For those that donβt, you may mark this day on your calendar as the day you learned that you are painfully wrong for not doing so. #hospitalcorners #militarycorners
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How many health care providers know a Mr Smith (or a Mrs Smith) but yet to point out the Supported Self Management Door to him/her?
Will you point out that IMPORTANT Door TODAY β
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In the mean time don't forget to register for the 5th Pain Supported Self Management - Online Worldwide Conference
How to register πhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5th-pain-supported-self-management-online-world-conference-pssmw26-tickets-1243365091459
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Not long before theβ¦5th Pain Supported Self Management - Online World Conference #PSSMW26
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Pain Supported Self-Management NEWS
Pain & Self Management Conferences, planned for 2026
All Conferences are for both people living pain, long-term conditions, supported self management coaches and healthcare workers
More information www.paintoolkit.org/news/article...
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