Science tells us that reducing the impacts of chronic pain on your life is surprisingly straightforward. The human brain and central nervous system are remarkably changeable, and education, repetition and practice using fun, practical and interesting tools is the key to recovery.
flip* is designed so that you can tailor your use to your specific lifestyle, personality and needs. Using flip* supports you to create lasting change while still getting things done.
Personalisation and customisation are fundamental to the success of the flip* system. The science (and our years of experience) shows that working towards personal goals that are specifically valuable to you is the most vital part of successful recovery. flip* is designed around this principle, with every feature focused on allowing you to target your use to your own life and experience.
BOOST Health Labs works directly with insurers across Australia to deliver our award-winning pain recovery program to people recovering from compensable injuries. You can direct your case manager to our For Insurers page.
Access to 1:1 telehealth coaching with an expert pain coach. Your coach will support you to use the flip* tools and build a recovery plan that is suited specifically to your needs and lifestyle.
Your safe space for flare-up management, with easy-to-follow, personalised tips for when anything else is just too much.
A system to track and balance the positive and negative factors affecting you day-to-day. Score helps you build a 360° view of your life, supporting strong plans of action that account for everything you are juggling.
Set, track and achieve goals of all sizes, including functional goals and important life wants and needs.
A system for planning everything you need to do in a day. Not just a to-do list: PLAN helps you build safety around your daily activities, taking into account your energy and capacity.
Comprehensive, targeted, accessible information that supports you to gain a deeper understanding of how your pain occurs and how to identify your pain triggers and patterns.
In-app feedback and data tracking that allows you to review and understand what is and isn’t working. Supporting you to do the things that help the most and let go of the things that are holding you back.
flip* is delivered via two streams: fast and slow. Your coach will work with you to determine the best stream for you, based on your current pain experience and daily capacity.
Suitable for people who are currently experiencing persisting pain, but can still work/complete most of their daily tasks despite their pain.
flip* it fast will be personalised using graded exposure and self-management skills, supported by the flip* in-app recovery tools. The program will be delivered at a faster pace, with out-of-session work to quickly boost you towards more function and less pain.
People who participate in this stream should be able to continue to progress their recovery independently at the end of the program. Additional coaching sessions will be available post-program if you need any additional support.
6-Week Telehealth Coaching Program with an Expert Pain Coach
9 x 1:1 telehealth sessions (6 twice-weekly + 3 weekly)
1:1 20-minute set-up session with Peer Mentor, support creating app account & setting up telehealth access for coaching sessions.
Access to a range of extra 1:1 coaching sessions for an additional cost.
1 year access to the flip* app digital tools.
Suitable for people who are currently experiencing persisting pain, and struggling to work and/or complete daily tasks.
flip* it slow will be personalised using graded exposure and self-management skills supported by the flip* in-app recovery tools. You will be able to work at the pace that suits you best, building up your daily capacity to do more with less pain.
People who participate in this stream may find they need a few more sessions after the initial 7-weeks. These are available on an AD-HOC basis. Your coach will discuss this with you, and the choice is completely up to you.
7-Week Telehealth Coaching Program with an Expert Pain Coach
9 x 1:1 telehealth sessions (4 twice-weekly + 5 weekly)
1:1 20-minute set-up session with Peer Mentor, support creating app account & setting up telehealth access for coaching sessions.
Access to a range of extra 1:1 coaching sessions for an additional cost.
1 year access to the flip* app digital tools.
We know there’s a lot to get your head around here – it’s ok to need a little more support. We have several options for additional sessions that can be accessed at any time during or after your flip* it program.
For people who need a bit more coach support to continue their recovery journey.
For people who need a bit of extra support with goal setting (this will also be addressed in your program). Focused discussion with practical application around how to set and break down functional goals. You will establish 1 x specific long-term functional goal, and break it down into short-term goals, utilising a graded exposure approach.
For people who need a bit of extra support with goal setting (this will also be addressed in your program). Focused discussion with practical application around how to set and break down complex goals (may have functional and other life components). You will establish 1 x specific long-term goal, and break it down into short-term goals including functional and other focus areas, utilising a graded exposure approach.
- Prof Norman Doidge The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science
From the day you’re born, to the day you die, your brain and body are changing and adapting to the world around you. This is bioplasticity - your body’s endless capacity to change and adapt.
Every part of your body is subject to bioplastic change. This includes your brain, your nervous, immune and endocrine systems, and your muscles, joints, nerves and connective tissue. The human body is an extraordinary thing: not only do these systems have individual capacity for bioplastic change, but they all work together to create change on a body-wide level. And because all your body systems “speak” to each other, there are a huge number of ways to enact bioplastic change.
Ironically, persisting pain is often a result of the bioplastic nature of the human body. As we age and grow, our body systems get better and better at looking after us. These powerful systems can sometimes become “over tuned” or highly sensitised, sending signals of danger to us even when we are safe.
The good thing is, bioplasticity means we also have the capacity to turn down, or turn off, these danger signals, by moving, thinking and behaving differently.
flip* is built specifically to help you harness your body’s bioplasticity.
flip* is a customisable system designed to help you integrate the science into your everyday life.
- Dr David Butler & Prof Lorimer Mosley Explain Pain
Ordinarily your nervous, immune and hormone systems form an invisible safety buffer around you. When these systems are overly sensitised (thanks, bioplasticity!), your safety buffer shrinks. This can manifest in a multitude of ways – not just pain, but also stress, depression, anxiety, gut issues and lots of more subtle physical changes.
Making your safety buffer bigger and stronger helps you tap into your body’s bioplasticity to reduce this heightened sensitivity. The stronger your safety buffer, the more things you can get done without pushing past your flare-up point. This is the principle of graded exposure. Staying below your flare-up point, while gradually increasing how much you’re doing.
This is where flip* comes in.
flip* leverages bioplasticity to expand your safety buffer and let you get back to your desired life, uninhibited by pain.
EVEN MORE AMAZING
We are currently in the process of making big, beautiful changes to our game-changing flip* app. We are looking for people who have lived experience of persisting pain, and are interested in providing real-world feedback on our app.