Back Pain
Airing Pain 26: Transforming Pain Services: Joining up pain management and involving the patient
February 14 , 2012
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The health professionals working to improve pain management, and the importance of getting patients more involved.
This programme was funded by Pain Concern’s supporters and friends.
The relationship between doctor and patient is crucial in managing pain. In this programme we look at how the British Pain Society’s newly ...
Airing Pain 18: Growing Older with Pain
May 24 , 2011
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How to improve pain management for older people, and living with lower back pain
Pain has often been seen as an inevitable part of getting older. Airing Pain listened in to a panel of experts at a ‘Growing Old with Pain: Innovation, Creativity and Development’ conference in Edinburgh to hear ...
Airing Pain 13: Culture, Epidemiology and Back Pain
March 15 , 2011
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How culture can affect our experience of pain, a survey of pain in Scotland, pain management programmes and a Q&A session on back pain
How do culture and religion affect the way we experience and manage our pain? Dr Shilpa Patel, Dr Sue Peacock and Sir Michael Bond ...
Airing Pain 9: Relieving Pain: TENS and acupuncture
January 18 , 2011
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How acupuncture and TENS can help relieve pain, plus, a new web service aiming to educate health professionals about pain
We take a look at the role of the pain specialist nurse in the community, eavesdropping on two consultations given by Kathryn Nur at her nurse-led clinic at ...
Airing Pain 7: Exercise and Improving Mobility
December 21 , 2010
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Getting back into exercise and improving mobility. Plus, funding for pain services, and how can we best describe pain to a health professional?
Airing Pain visits the Frenchay Hospital Pain Clinic in Bristol where we hear from staff and patients. Paul Evans sits in on a consultation with physiotherapist ...
Airing Pain 6: Pacing and Arthritis
December 07 , 2010
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How pacing can help people with pain regain control, plus arthritis myth-busting, the future of pain management in the UK and a Q&A session on pain relief
Pacing is the thing that makes the most difference to his patients’ lives, says David Laird, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain ...
Airing Pain 4: Diet, CBT and Mindfulness
November 09 , 2010
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How diet can help manage pain, the benefits of mindfulness, CBT and exercise, and a Q&A with pain specialist Mark Turtle
In this programme Airing Pain looks at a range of lifestyle changes and psychological approaches we can use to help with managing pain. Dr Rae Bell tells us how ...
Airing Pain 1: Introduction to Pain
September 28 , 2010
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What is chronic pain and how can we manage it? We talk to health professionals and patients to find out more
In the first Airing Pain programme we introduce the subject of pain and its management, featuring contributors with a variety of expertise and experience. Professors Blair Smith and Richard ...