Pathways Pain Relief 17+

Brilliant app which essentially cured my debilitating arm problems last year, forever indebted! Thank you so much. Only quibble is just downloaded it again and the old structure and layout was soooo much simpler, cleaner and more reassuring!!! Is there any way to get it back whilst keeping the new section information (eg physio exs)? The transcripts and lack of video were amazing, also the quotes were easy to read and readers weren’t bombarded by 5million options😂 Sorry!....aware that so much work has gone into this and genuinely grateful for the app and its help but the old version -to me- functioned immeasurably better. Its simplicity made it stand out from other apps such as curable.
Please let me know if there’s a way I can access the old version....

Hey Amy, thanks for such a useful and detailed review! Really appreciated. Could you please email me at hello@pathways.health. I’d love to ask some follow up questions, and offer potential solutions. Thanks! Sandip

Elements are helpful, especially mindfulness and pain biology, but as with many pain management programmes there is a tendency to oversimplify the many complexities of chronic pain. Not all persistent pain occurs in the absence of harm/damage, and pushing through pain is not always harmless. Obviously this is a key principle for primary pain conditions such as fibromyalgia where the only problem is with pain perception, but for pain occurring secondary to tissue damage this is not always an appropriate strategy. Please make sure you confirm with your doctor that a program like this is suitable for you before you start.

Additionally the pain coach can come across as a little patronising at times - my partner (who does not have pain) had a very visceral dislike of her and felt she came across as bullying at times. Personally I felt she seemed nice and well meaning but definitely patronising.

Source: doctor (anaesthetist aiming to subspecialise in pain) and chronic pain patient (congenital hip dysplasia)

Hi Aidie, thanks so much for your comprehensive review and feedback. It has all been taken into account as we continue to improve Pathways. Thanks again!

Love this app and how it explains chronic pain and the challenges too are really good. The only issue I have is that the notifications do not work. I’ve set up reminders for challenges to be notified daily and they don’t come up on my IPhone and IPad. I have notifications enabled in settings on both devices. Any help would be great 😊😊

Hi, thanks so much for your review! Really appreciate it. We’re investigating the notifications issue you mention as a matter or urgency. For updates on this, please email hello@pathways.health and I’ll let you know what issues we find/fix. Thanks!