Description
Acute Pain is a practical reference sheet for sophrologists, coaches, therapists, and health professionals. It is an original resource built from a compilation of data and years of professional practice, and it serves as a reference both for practitioners and for the people they support.
What’s included
- Practical, everyday advice
- Targeted breathing techniques, adapted to the situation
- Complementary information
- A 22-page PDF
What’s inside
- The definition of pain and the characteristics of acute pain, with a summary table comparing acute and chronic pain
- General advice on good health practices, backed by broad scientific consensus
- Breathing techniques to induce calm and relaxation, with indications and precautions: cardiac coherence (informal and formal practice), box breathing (Sama Vritti), paused diaphragmatic breathing
- Techniques for coping with induced acute pain (medical procedures, injections, dental care): 4-7-8 breathing, the hippopotamus method used in CBT, intentional breathing, and sensory anchoring
- References and suggestions for further reading
Who are the reference sheets for?
- Any professional in helping relationships, support, or health care
- In particular: sophrologists, sports coaches, adapted physical activity instructors, midwives, physiotherapists, and osteopaths
- Professionals who use breathing techniques or body-based induction techniques
- Clients and patients, as a summary document for health education
Format and access
Each sheet is complete and downloadable as a PDF. Access is immediate and unlimited from your personal account: download the document and use it freely in your practice, workshops, lectures, companies, or institutions. For professional and educational use. This document does not replace medical advice.
The Author: Jean-Michel Schlupp
Health Practices and Environments Consultant – Teacher and Trainer
With more than ten years of clinical experience in hospital settings, notably in hospital supportive care, a European University Diploma in psychopathology, and several postgraduate trainings in health practices and environments, Jean-Michel Schlupp works with patients, health professionals, and organizations on therapeutic patient education, quality of care, prevention, and health environments.
His approach combines clinical practice, teaching, and attention to the systemic dimensions of care. Authorized to deliver therapeutic patient education programs, he teaches at nursing schools on therapeutic education and health prevention, and sits on the examination jury for this course unit. He is registered as an Occupational Risk Prevention Practitioner (IPRP) with DREETS, the French regional labor authority, specializing in the health sector.
Jean-Michel is the academic director and a teacher of the first European University Diploma dedicated to supportive care, alongside the renowned Dr. Mario Beauregard, a neuroscience researcher with whom he collaborates. He teaches at two nursing institutes and has trained more than 1,000 professionals in helping and care relationships, most of them sophrologists and licensed health professionals (nurses).
His work has been the subject of several evaluations of professional practice and three publications at medical congresses (the Francophone Society of Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation, SFNDT, and the German Society of Nephrology, DGfN).
