Energy, Pain, and Pacing Series
A 4-Session Group Medical Visit Series for Living Well with Persistent Pain or Fatigue
Living with persistent pain or fatigue often changes how much energy your body has available. Many people find themselves stuck in frustrating cycles of pushing too hard on good days, followed by crashes, flare-ups, and forced rest.
This four-session educational series helps you better understand your body’s energy patterns and learn practical strategies to manage activity in a more sustainable way.
Session dates and times:
Mondays 4:00-5:30 p.m.
April 13, 20, 27
May 4
Through guided discussion, education, and hands-on planning exercises, you will learn how the nervous system responds to stress, activity, and pain, and how small changes in pacing and daily routines can reduce flare-ups and improve your ability to participate in meaningful activities.
Each session builds on the last, helping you develop skills that can be applied to everyday life at home, at work, and in your relationships.
This program focuses on four key strategies commonly used in chronic disease and pain management:
Pacing, Prioritization, Planning, and Positivity.
Together, these tools help you use your energy more intentionally so that daily life becomes more consistent, manageable, and sustainable.
What We Will Cover
Session 1: Understanding Energy, Pain, and the Boom–Bust Cycle
Learn why persistent pain and fatigue can lower activity tolerance and how common activity patterns, such as pushing through symptoms or avoiding activity, can unintentionally contribute to flare-ups. You will begin identifying your own early warning signs of overload and learn how to recognize your nervous system’s limits before symptoms spike.
Session 2: Finding Your Sustainable Pace
This session introduces pacing as a key skill in chronic pain management. You will learn how to establish a realistic activity baseline, break tasks into manageable steps, and gradually increase activity levels in a way that your nervous system can tolerate and recover from.
Session 3: Planning, Prioritizing, and Positivity
Pacing becomes easier when it is supported by thoughtful planning. In this session, we explore how to organize daily and weekly activities with your energy in mind, prioritize what matters most, and adapt plans when energy levels fluctuate.
Session 4: Energy-Saving Strategies, Rest, and Flare-Up Management
Flare-ups are a normal part of living with persistent pain. In this session, you will learn strategies to reduce energy demands in daily tasks, use rest more effectively, and develop a personalized plan for managing symptom flare-ups.
What Participants Gain
By the end of the series, you will leave with:
A clearer understanding of how persistent pain and fatigue affect energy and activity tolerance
A personalized pacing and activity management plan
Tools to recognize early signs of overload and respond sooner
Strategies to plan days and weeks more sustainably
Practical energy-saving techniques for daily activities
A flare-up management plan to help navigate symptom increases
These strategies can help you participate more consistently in daily life while reducing cycles of overactivity and symptom flare-ups.
Who This Series Is For
This series is designed for individuals living with persistent pain or fatigue who want practical, evidence-informed strategies to help them manage activity levels and participate more comfortably in everyday life.
Sessions include education, guided discussion, and interactive planning exercises.
This series is led by Shubhi Sharma (occupational therapist) & Dr. Noah Alexander.
Current patients can book here.