Class Platform: Paradise Campus

Day/Time: Monday, 9 - 10:45 AM, February 1 - April 12, *9 week class*

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Class Description: It’s time to feel better, move more, reduce pain, and enjoy life! This chronic pain self-management program teaches techniques to overcome ongoing issues associated with chronic pain. Become a proactive participant in your own physical and emotional wellness by taking an integrated approach that includes nutrition, exercise, stress reduction, problem solving, communication strategies, positive thinking, and goal setting as part of a comprehensive, integrated pain management plan.

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Instructor Biographies: Dignity Health’s Richard Davis received his B.A. from the University of San Francisco in 1981. He excels in community outreach and is a requested conference speaker and a published writer on health care issues. Davis is a certified trainer and facilitator for Adult Mental Health First Aid Training. He assists in the promotion, implementation and delivery of all health self-management workshops in association with community partner organizations. Davis won the “Humankindness” award in 2019. In 2006, Terry Maurer began the first activity-based breast cancer support group in Las Vegas. As a survivor herself, she knew the importance of staying active and connecting with others on the same path. In 2009, Dignity Health—St Rose Hospital Womens Care Center invited her to train as a leader in Stanford University’s Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs (CDSMP). The evidence based, 6-week workshops offer tools to empower those with chronic conditions as they strive for better health, quality of life and self advocacy. In 2015, Maurer went on to become a master trainer in CDSMP in an effort to grow the program throughout the state of Nevada. Maurer is also a leader and master trainer in Powerful Tools for Caregivers which focuses on caregiver needs as they navigate their loved one’s health issues.