Arthritis
Airing Pain 78: Putting Children’s Pain in the Picture
January 06 , 2016
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How children can express their pain in art, plus tips for parents
This edition is funded by a grant from the Stafford Trust.
‘In hospital. Don’t know what’s going to happen to me.’ These words, written by a child asked to describe her pain after surgery, speak of the ...
Airing Pain 77: Realising the Painful Truth
December 22 , 2015
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Putting patients first, and teenage life with pain
This edition is funded by a grant from the Pain Alliance of Northern Ireland.
How can healthcare systems adapt to meet the needs of people in pain? Airing Pain returns to Northern Ireland to find out how the findings of the ...
New advice on osteoarthritis
June 11 , 2015
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Pain Concern responds to new NICE Quality Standard statements issued 11 June 2015
Heather Wallace, Chair of Pain Concern said:
“What these eight new QS statements underline is that for over 7 million people in the UK with osteoarthritis the burden of pain is still not being addressed and ...
Airing Pain 55: More Power to You
April 24 , 2014
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Prescriptions for yoga and harnessing the power of social interaction
This edition has been supported by a grant from the Scottish Government.
In Airing Pain episode 55 we hear about two very different ways of giving people in pain the knowledge and power to help themselves.
Will we soon be able ...
James Lind Alliance’s Osteoarthritis Survey
August 01 , 2013
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The James Lind Alliance's Priority Setting Partnership have published a new 10-minute survey to investigate the gathering uncertainties about hip and knee replacements for osteoarthritis.
If you have or know someone who has osteoarthritis of the hip or the knee, or you are a healthcare professional, take the ...
Airing Pain 35: The Northern Ireland Pain Summit: Pain, policy and employment
June 13 , 2012
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The challenges of improving pain management in Northern Ireland, and raising awareness of chronic pain among businesses
This programme was funded by an educational grant from Grünenthal.
A special edition of Airing Pain, covering the 2012 Northern Ireland Pain Summit, organised by the Pain Alliance for Northern Ireland. There we ...
Airing Pain 28: Self-Management: Pacing and communication
March 15 , 2012
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Learning to manage pain with Arthritis Care’s self-management programme
This programme was funded by Pain Concern’s supporters and friends.
In the previous edition of Airing Pain we featured the work of the charity, Arthritis Care, and, following up from that programme, Paul Evans looks into their self-management programme, the Challenging Pain ...
Airing Pain 27: Arthritis: Challenging perceptions
February 21 , 2012
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Setting the record straight on arthritis, and practical tips on living with the condition.
This programme was funded by Pain Concern’s supporters and friends.
In this programme we tackle the issue, raised by Judy on our forum, of how people with arthritis – which often has no obvious physical ...
Airing Pain 24: Exercise and Managing Pain
January 13 , 2012
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How swimming can help manage pain, and a Q&A session with physiotherapist Paul Cameron.
This programme was funded by Pain Concern's supporters and friends, and an educational grant from Grünenthal.
Paul Evans takes the plunge with Daphne Wood of Pain and Able to find out more about how swimming ...
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 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 ...