Airing Pain is the online radio programme and podcast from Pain Concern (http://painconcern.org.uk/) . Each edition we bring together people with chronic pain and top specialists to talk about resources that can help. You can listen to Airing Pain every Tuesday via Able Radio (https://www.able.wales/) , with all episodes available on demand here and on our website (http://painconcern.org.uk/airing-pain/) . Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app to get the latest podcasts delivered straight to your mobile or tablet. We welcome feedback - rate on your device or fill in our survey (https://painconcern.org.uk/airing-pain-survey/) . Pain Concern is a charity registered in Scotland SC023559.
Last Episode Date: 12 June 2024
Total Episodes: 146
Airing Pain 144: Dilemmas in Pain Research This episode of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges that researchers must overcome when researching pain and developing new treatment approaches. Many questions remain unanswered in the field of pain research. For example, we ...
Coming 12 June: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the dilemmas and roadblocks that researchers encounter when researching pain and developing interventions, how they may overcome them, and why systematic reviews of research are so important. Our contributors for this e...
This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment to a person’s individual genetic makeup, and why addressing the psychological dimensions of pain is crucial in treating it effectively. The process of finding a medicatio...
Coming 10 April: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment to a person’s individual genetic makeup, and why addressing the psychological dimensions of pain is crucial in treating it effectively. Our contributors ...
Pain Concern would like to remind listeners that the topic of chronic pain can be uncomfortable for those with lived experience of chronic pain. Please read the description for information about this edition's content. In a 2020 US study, it was found that ‘Implicit bia...
This edition of Airing Pain sheds light on the unique challenges of living with cancer as a child or young adult, and the later impacts of the cancer treatment they underwent during the critical formative years. Airing Pain speaks to experts on the longitudinal impacts of c...
This edition of Airing Pain is on the topic of early childhood experiences. (Content warning: includes abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction) The World Health Organisation states that ‘adverse childhood experiences (ACE) can have lifelong consequences on a person...
This edition of Airing Pain was recorded at the Living Well with Persistent Pain in Wales conference during Pain Awareness Month in September 2023. The topic of the conference was the launch of the revised Persistent Pain guidance first published in 2019. The COVID-19 pa...
Is self-compassion a trait or a state of being? This edition is inspired by findings that suggest stronger self-compassion is associated with reduced impact of chronic pain. Self-compassion, in this sense, is the ability to respond to pain and difficulties with kindness an...
This edition of Airing Pain was prompted by the 2022 NICE Guidelines which followed a Public Health England report (2019) looking at medicines associated with dependence and withdrawal. Read transcript This new legislation follows increased concerns in high levels of pres...
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