108: Gender Differences
How men and women experience pain, arming yourself with the right information, and not being embarrassed about your condition.
30m Nov 06, 2018
30m
107: Easing Pain Appointments with the Navigator Tool
How Pain Concern's Navigator Tool can ease pain appointments with your doctor.
29m Oct 02, 2018
29m
106: Pain Education for Doctors, Patients, and Parents
What can be done to implement better pain education for doctors, patients and parents, and trusting your pharmacist when in doubt.
30m Sep 04, 2018
30m
105: Singing, Laughter, Speech and Pleasure
Singing, laughing and the feel good factor. Pain Management, the fun way.
30m Aug 01, 2018
30m
104: How Sleep and Chronic Pain Interact
More pain, less sleep. Less sleep, more pain. Their relationship is a complex one, but what are the mechanisms behind the link between sleep and pain?
30m Jul 02, 2018
30m
103: Pain and Relationships
How pain’s unpredictability can affect interpersonal relationships, and recognising help when it appears.
30m Jun 05, 2018
30m
102: Chronic Pain and Resilience
What can be done for athletes at the highest level in the context of chronic pain, and how one man with a spinal injury found himself “in the zone” through cycling.
29m May 01, 2018
29m
101: Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Cancer Survivors
How cancer survivors can experience post-operative pain, and confronting the national issue of post-cancer treatment.
29m Apr 03, 2018
29m
100: Airing Pain at 100 with the Glasgow Pain Education Session
Airing Pain’s centenary! In this landmark edition Paul Evans explores the origins of Airing Pain with founder Heather Wallace, and visits one of Pain Concern’s informative pain education sessions.
30m Mar 14, 2018
30m
99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
Going through adolescence can be a difficult process for anyone, but for young adults with chronic pain the difficulties of these formative years can become multifaceted. In this edition of Airing Pain we explore the challenges and successes that patients, parents and healthcare professionals encounter when entering this crucial period.
29m Feb 07, 2018
29m
98: IASP Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education and the Benefit of Pain Management Programmes
What is the IASP Global Year of Excellence in Pain Education, and how does pain management research benefit the patient?
30m Jan 03, 2018
30m
97: Sex and Chronic Pain
How chronic pain can affect both sexual and emotional intimacy, and remembering that communication is key.
30m Dec 05, 2017
30m
96: The British Pain Society (BPS) at 50
In honour of the British Pain Society reaching a 50-year milestone, current BPS president Dr Andrew Baranowski, founding member Professor Sir Michael Bond, and Pain Concern’s chair Heather Wallace were invited to discuss a wide variety of topics relating to the understanding of pain.
48m Nov 07, 2017
48m
95: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 2 of 2
In the second part in Airing Pain’s series on complex regional pain syndrome, Paul speaks to specialists and patients at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Disease CRPS rehabilitation programme in Bath.
30m Oct 11, 2017
30m
94: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of 2
Experts and patients discuss the causes and potential management of CRPS, and, if it can help us better understand how our bodies react to stimuli.
29m Sep 05, 2017
29m
93: Easy Being Green
AP al fresco! The benefits of gardening for our physical and mental health, and why, when it comes to green space, size isn’t everything…
30m Aug 01, 2017
30m
92: Diabetes and Neuropathic Pain
With 80% of amputations preventable with the proper care, we discuss diabetic neuropathy & why we should treat our feet.
30m Jul 05, 2017
30m
91: Not an Old Man's Disease
We talk to campaigners, MPs, patients and specialists about the most common form of inflammatory arthritis: gout.
30m Jun 06, 2017
30m
90: Back Pain
David Rogers, physiotherapist and co-author of 'Back to Life', explains the biopsychosocial model and simple, effective ways to manage persistent back pain.
29m May 10, 2017
29m
89: Dementia
Discussing the challenges and pitfalls of pain management in people with dementia, different medications and why an iPod could be the most powerful tool in our first-aid kit.
30m Apr 11, 2017
30m
88: What to EXPPECT When You're in Pelvic Pain
We visit the EXPPECT pelvic pain clinic in Edinburgh, where women share their experiences of living with persistent bladder and pelvic pain, as well as their advice on managing life and relationships.
30m Mar 14, 2017
30m
87: Vulvodynia
From diagnosis difficulties to defining gender: the effects of Vulvodynia on women today.
30m Feb 14, 2017
30m
86: Sickle Cell Disease
Patient and clinician perspectives on living with Sickle Cell disease and the importance of a multidisciplinary approach.
29m Feb 01, 2017
29m
85: Pain in Europe
Why pain is a matter of life and death, the struggle for diagnosis and challenging misperceptions of palliative care.
28m Jul 27, 2016
28m
84: Cancer Pain
How cancer survivors can manage long term pain and creating a home from home at the hospital.
29m Jul 12, 2016
29m
83: Arthritis: From self-help to cutting edge research
Getting moving with tai chi, staying in work and why arthritis pain is not all about the joints.
30m Jun 29, 2016
30m
82: Pain, PTSD and Perfume
The emotional and physical impacts of injury and how to cope with them.
30m Jun 14, 2016
30m
81: Life After Limb Loss
Supporting amputee veterans to rebuild their lives, and psychological techniques beyond words.
30m May 31, 2016
30m
80: Suffering is Optional
Improving treatment for veterans in pain and facing the challenges of civilian life.
30m May 16, 2016
30m
79: Side Effects, Placebos and a Brief History of Nerve Pain
Making sense of side effects, the power of placebo, and the improving treatment of neuropathic pain.
30m May 03, 2016
30m
78: Putting Children’s Pain in the Picture
How children can express their pain in art, plus tips for parents.
30m Jan 05, 2016
30m
77: Realising the Painful Truth
Putting patients first and teenage life with pain.
30m Dec 22, 2015
30m
76: Pain, Poverty and Employment
How to break the links between poverty, pain and unemployment.
30m Dec 10, 2015
30m
75: Back to Work
How to move from sick leave to ‘good work’.
30m Nov 25, 2015
30m
74: Music
Tune in and turn down the volume on pain.
30m Nov 12, 2015
30m
73: Foot Pain
Taking care of our feet, plus why we need toes!
29m Oct 28, 2015
29m
72: Breaking the Barriers to Pain Management
Why self-management isn’t working and what we can do about it.
29m Oct 21, 2015
29m
71: Protect our Girls
Persistent pain and the fight to end female genital mutilation.
30m May 27, 2015
30m
70: The Case for Pain Management
Movement as medicine and putting pain management centre stage.
30m May 13, 2015
30m
69: People not Patients
Sharing decisions and why pain management needs psychology.
30m Apr 29, 2015
30m
68: The Brain and the Genes
The science behind pain and its treatment, and why understanding it matters.
30m Apr 15, 2015
30m
67: Biopsychosocial and Spiritual?
The place of faith in pain relief, plus physiotherapy meets mental health, and educating doctors.
30m Apr 01, 2015
30m
66: Not a Burden
The challenges facing young people in caring roles and ways to support them.
30m Mar 20, 2015
30m
65: Hypnosis and Unexplained Pain
Bringing mind and body together to reduce pain with self-hypnosis.
30m Mar 05, 2015
30m
64: Patients, Pills and Policies
Making pain patients’ voices heard across Europe and changing the prescribing culture.
30m Feb 18, 2015
30m
63: Interventional Pain Management
From blocking nerves to spinal cord stimulators: how interventional approaches can help.
29m Feb 04, 2015
29m
62: Independent Living
How to get support in regaining independence and the physical and mental health benefits of social exercise.
30m Jul 30, 2014
30m
61: Deciding Together
How shared decision making works in practice, plus, making IT work for people in pain and healthcare professionals.
30m Jul 17, 2014
30m
60: Pain in the Family: Young adults 2 of 2
How pain affects the relationship between adults and young carers and tips from a family therapist.
30m Jul 02, 2014
30m
59: Pain in the Family: Young adults 1 of 2
The experiences of young people caring for people in pain and a campaign to help improve their lives.
30m Jun 19, 2014
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