

A subscription-based resource providing your clients with pain neuroscience education to complement your clinical care
Working with clients who have persistent pain often involves explaining pain neurophysiology alongside assessment and treatment within limited consultation time.
Decode Pain provides ready-to-use educational content covering foundational pain science concepts, available for your clients to access before or between sessions.
Time allocation: Consultations include assessment, treatment, and explaining pain neurophysiology concepts
Foundational education: Covering similar pain science principles with multiple clients
Client understanding: Ensuring clients grasp complex neurophysiology information during sessions
Limited consultation time: Balancing comprehensive care with available appointment duration
Educational consistency: Varying depth of pain education depending on clinician experience and session constraints
Step 1: Provide Access Share the Decode Pain Mini Course with clients through your clinic subscription when you consider it appropriate for their care.
Step 2: Client-Led Learning Clients can watch the educational videos and complete reflection worksheets in their own time, at their own pace.
Step 3: Informed Consultations Clients arrive with foundational pain neuroscience knowledge, allowing consultation time to focus on individual assessment and case-specific discussion.
Individual Practice/Single-site practice - Decode Pain Mini Course Weekly Subscription
Multi-Site Practice - Decode Pain Mini Course Monthly Subscription with an unlimited number of clinicians
Individual Practice/Single-site practice - Decode Pain Mini Course Monthly Subscription
Multi-Site Practice - Decode Pain Mini Course Monthly Subscription with an unlimited number of clinicians
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Annual Subscription for single-site clinics/individual practices
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Module 1: What is Pain? Pain neurophysiology fundamentals explained in understandable language
Module 2: Acute vs Chronic Pain Understanding the difference between acute and chronic pain as well as the cycle of pain and potential "off-ramps".
Module 3: What Drives Pain? Peripheral and central factors that may influence individual pain experiences
Module 4: Pain and the Brain Explains the brain's role in the pain experience
Educational Foundation
Clients can access pain neuroscience content independently, which may allow consultation time to focus on:
Individual assessment and treatment planning
Case-specific discussion
Addressing client questions
Consistent Content
All clients receive the same evidence-based educational material, regardless of:
Time available within consultations
Clinician familiarity with pain neuroscience education
Educational Resource
A ready-to-use resource covering foundational pain science concepts:
Four video modules explaining pain neurophysiology
Reflection worksheets for client engagement
Content clients can revisit as needed
Who May Find This Resource Useful
Decode Pain has been designed as an educational resource for practices working with clients experiencing persistent pain, including:
Physiotherapy practices
General practice and primary care clinics
Occupational therapy services
Multidisciplinary pain management clinics
Allied health practices incorporating pain neuroscience education
Jacquie Kieck, Physiotherapist BSc Physiotherapy (2005), with special interest in pain management. Senior Physiotherapist at QE Health in New Zealand working on ACC's tertiary pain programme.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: How do clients access the course?
A: Through your clinic subscription, you can provide clients with access to Decode Pain. You determine when and how to share the resource based on your clinical judgment.
Q: What if clients have questions about the content?
A: The course is designed as an educational resource to complement, not replace, your clinical care. Client questions can be addressed during consultations as part of your usual practice.
Q: Is the content suitable for all presentations?
A: The course covers general pain neurophysiology principles applicable to persistent pain. As with any educational resource, clinicians use their professional judgment to determine suitability for individual clients.
Q: How do we start using it?
A: Access is available upon subscription activation. You can integrate the resource into your practice in whatever way suits your workflow—there's no prescribed implementation method.