Airing Pain: Series 9 (86 – )
Below you will find all Airing Pain programmes from Series 9, first broadcast January 2017.
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Airing Pain 123: Opioids and Chronic Pain
July 07, 2020
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Rethinking long-term pain management This edition of Airing Pain has been supported with a grant from Kyowa Kirin donated for this purpose.
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Airing Pain 122: The Many Faces of Research
May 05, 2020
Visiting the forefront of research into pain conditions This edition of Airing Pain has been supported with a grant from The Mirianog Trust
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Airing Pain 121: Living with Persistent Pain in Wales
March 03, 2020
Discussing the future of chronic pain services across Wales This edition of Airing Pain has been partially funded by an educational grant fr
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 120: Osteoporosis
January 07, 2020
How we prevent, manage and diagnose this ‘silent disease’ This edition of Airing Pain has been supported by a grant from The D’Oyly Carte
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Airing Pain 119: Experts by Experience: Working together in pain management programmes
November 05, 2019
Patient volunteers and healthcare professionals on working together in pain management programmes This edition of Airing Pain has been suppo
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 118: Pain Management in Young People
October 01, 2019
How chronic pain in adolescence requires different pain management strategies In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans looks at the issu
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 117: Patients as Research Partners
September 03, 2019
Involving patients in researching their own condition – it seems logical, so why is it not more common? This edition was facilitated by the
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 116: Neuropathic Pain 2 of 2: Latest research
August 06, 2019
Half a century worth of research exists on neuropathic pain but what are the latest developments? This edition of Airing Pain is facilitate
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 115: Neuropathic Pain 1 of 2: Targeted pain management programmes
July 02, 2019
Exploring neuropathic pain and the various ways it can be managed For a full transcript of this programme, please click here. Understanding
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 114: You, Your Drugs, and the Law: Gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis
June 11, 2019
How does the law affect people who use drugs to manage their pain? This edition of Airing Pain is funded by Foundation Scotland On 1 April 2
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 113: Translating Chronic Pain
May 08, 2019
Using creative writing to better represent the chronic pain experience. This edition is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 112: Measuring Pain, Reading the Brain
April 02, 2019
How pain’s subjectivity makes it difficult to measure, rewiring the brain, and new research that allows patients to visualise their pain Thi
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 111: Physiotherapy, Mind, Body and the Social Component
March 06, 2019
Anxiety and expectations, how ‘fear circuitry’ affects self-management, and the importance of social prescribing For a full tran
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 110: Living with Cancer Pain
February 05, 2019
Living with a diagnosis, what palliative care entails, and non-pharmacological treatments This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust.
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 109: Fibromyalgia
January 07, 2019
Fibromyalgia management’s revised recommendations, walking as self-management, and one person’s journey with living with FM For a full trans
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 108: Gender Differences
November 06, 2018
How men and women experience pain, arming yourself with the right information, and not being embarrassed about your condition For a full tra
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 107: Easing Pain Appointments with the Navigator Tool
October 02, 2018
How Pain Concern’s Navigator Tool can help focus pain appointments For a full transcript of this programme please click here. This edition h
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 106: Pain Education for Doctors, Patients and Parents
September 04, 2018
What can be done to implement better pain education for doctors, patients and parents, and trusting your pharmacist when in doubt This editi
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 105: Singing, Laughter, Speech and Pleasure
August 01, 2018
Singing, laughing and the feel good factor; Pain management, the fun way For a full transcript of this programme, click here. This edition w
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 104: How Sleep and Chronic Pain Interact
July 31, 2018
More pain, less sleep; less sleep, more pain – The relationship is a complex one, but what are the mechanisms behind the link between
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 103: Pain and Relationships
June 11, 2018
How pain’s unpredictability can affect interpersonal relationships, and recognising help when it appears For a full transcript of this progr
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 102: Chronic Pain and Resilience
May 01, 2018
Exploring what can be done for high-level athletes in the context of chronic pain, and how one man with a spinal injury found himself “in th
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 101: Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Cancer Survivors
April 03, 2018
How cancer survivors can experience post-operative pain, and confronting the national issue of post-cancer treatment For a full transcript o
Continue Reading →Airing Pain at 100 with the Glasgow Pain Education Sessions
March 14, 2018
Airing Pain’s centenary! In this landmark edition Paul Evans explores the origins of Airing Pain with founder Heather Wallace, and visits on
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
February 12, 2018
Going through adolescence can be a difficult process for anyone, but for young adults with chronic pain the difficulties of these formative
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 98: IASP Global Year of Excellence in Pain Education and North Bristol Pain Management Programme
January 03, 2018
What is the IASP Global Year of Excellence in Pain Education, and how does pain management research benefit the patient? For a full transcri
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 97: Sex and Chronic Pain
December 05, 2017
How chronic pain can affect both sexual and emotional intimacy, and remembering that communication is key For a full transcript of this prog
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 96: The British Pain Society at 50
November 14, 2017
In honour of the British Pain Society reaching a 50-year milestone, current BPS president Dr Andrew Baranowski, founding member Professor Si
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 95: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 2 of 2
October 11, 2017
In the second part in Airing Pain’s series on complex regional pain syndrome, Paul speaks to specialists and patients at the Royal National
Continue Reading →Airing Pain 94: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of 2
September 06, 2017
Experts and sufferers discuss the causes and potential management of CRPS and if it can help us better understand how our bodies react to st
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