Last modified February 15, 2024
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If you have knee or hip pain, you could benefit by joining one of our ESCAPE-pain classes:
- Meet other people living with osteoarthritis
- Learn simple ways to better manage knee and hip pain
- Get a gentle, individualised exercise programme that matches your needs and pace
The programme will not completely cure your pain. It aims to reduce your pain, improve your physical function, as well as your confidence in your ability to manage your condition.
Active Blackpool offers two separate ESCAPE Pain programmes:
- ESCAPE Pain for hips/knees – designed specifically to benefit people with hip and knee arthritis, providing you with the skills and techniques to self-manage your pain
- ESCAPE Pain for Backs – designed specifically to benefit people with persistent back pain
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The ESCAPE pain programme
ESCAPE-pain is a group rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain that integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen individualised for each participant.
It helps you understand your condition, teaches you simple things you can help yourself with, and takes you through a progressive exercise programme so you learn how to cope with pain better.
- The programme is 6 weeks long
- You will attend 2 classes each week (12 classes in total)
- 15-20 minutes group discussion on a specific topic relating to joint pain
- 30-40 minutes of different exercises designed to improve your movement and function
- You will be asked to complete a questionnaire before and after the programme
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Getting referred to the ESCAPE Pain programme:
We accept referrals from healthcare professionals as part of the exercise referral scheme or self-referrals.
New participants need to arrive 30 minutes before the scheduled session to fill in some details, which will help the artificial intelligence create a personalised physical activity programme.
Sessions are supported by an exercise referral instructor who can help with any technical questions about the tablets.
Use ‘EscapePain2024’ as the voucher code on your referral.
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The sessions are £3 per visit or £20 per month for an exercise referral membership.
All sessions will be located at Palatine Leisure Centre. Session days and times to be released soon.
To find out more: Email exercise.referral@blackpool.gov.uk or call 01253 478007