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Mayo Clinic Pain Rehab Center (PRC) - What’s Your Experience?

Chronic Pain | Last Active: Aug 11, 2023 | Replies (113)
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Colleen:

Over the years, when we are at Mayo for a few days of appointments, I sometimes make arrangements to get over to the clinic, and talk with students. Does us both a lot of good.

Cognitive Therapy is probably the #1 skill for me, everything else builds on. Do things to keep the brain busy.

My #2 PRC skill is moderation, and believe me this is hard. I hope that when you feel good, you can do things, but don't over do it. I broke that rule my very first day back home after the PRC. I am a slow learner. Lol

My #3 skill is Biofeedback. With some of my recent challenges, this is a skill that I must improve upon. I bought a feedback unit last week, and am getting back into this.

The PRC is a "Total package" experience. If you are scared, so was I. You can do this, and you will get your life back. It's not the cards that you have been dealt, it's how you play those cards. I get up and move everyday. You will have bad days, so accept that. We have to move, to keep moving. Hope this helps.

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Rachel, Volunteer Mentor | @rwinney | May 4, 2023

Hi Larry, it's so nice to meet you and learn that you are a fellow graduate of the PRC. I join @colleenyoung in appreciation of your contribution on Connect.

I graduated October 2020 from Jacksonville and am always looking for fellow PRC'ers to share their positive experiences with members of the Connect community. 13 years out and still singing praise! I think that is a testament to the lasting impact the PRC has on lifestyle changes, and one's overall well-being and self-management.

Please allow me to introduce you to @tallyteresa who is also a PRC graduate and thinks the program should be taught in high schools because it's that valuable. It definitely is a total package experience, one that completely transformed my life and out look on life.

It's very cool to learn that when you return to Mayo, you speak with students still. I also am a graduate guest speaker and agree, it does me just as much good as it does them. Which Mayo Clinic location do you visit?

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