Solving SCI Pain: Pain Recovery Tools for SCI

Solving SCI Pain Tools is a 7-week, peer-led, neuroscience-informed pain self-management program uniquely designed for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI) and chronic pain. It integrates cognitive and body-based tools not commonly combined in other interventions, such as red light therapy, percussion massage, Graston technique, and guided movement, alongside education on pain neurobiology and behavior change. The program is delivered virtually and emphasizes participant autonomy, optionality, and personal relevance. Distinctively, it includes multiple individualized coaching sessions led by a peer with lived experience of SCI and pain. The program does not prescribe a fixed protocol but encourages flexible, self-paced exploration supported by structured check-ins. The integration of optional, non-clinical somatic tools with behavior-change coaching and SCI-specific education distinguishes this intervention from traditional rehabilitation or pain management programs.