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Airing Pain 21: Opioids and Managing Pain in Remote Areas
December 01 , 2011
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How people in remote areas manage pain, and when and how to take opioids
This programme was funded by a grant from Big Lottery Fund, Awards for All (Scotland) and by an educational grant from Pfizer.
In this programme we hear about the challenges facing people with chronic pain ...
Airing Pain 20: The Social Costs of Pain
November 17 , 2011
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The societal and economic impact of pain and driving pain up the agenda
This programme was funded by an educational grant from Grünenthal.
Pain has a huge impact not just on individuals but also on society, healthcare systems and the economy. Airing Pain takes a look at how the ...
Airing Pain 19: Family Therapy
November 03 , 2011
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How pain affects family members and how family therapy can help
This programme was funded by a grant from the Big Lottery Fund, Awards for All (Scotland).
Pain can sometimes seem like an ‘uninvited guest’ or ‘intruder’ into family life. In this programme we look at the strain pain ...
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 17: Primary Care and Pain in the Brain
May 10 , 2011
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The healthcare professionals transforming pain management, and we take a closer look at how pain is produced by the brain
Airing Pain was at the launch of the British Pain Society’s Primary and Community Care Special Interest Group where we heard from healthcare professionals who are working to improve ...
Airing Pain 16: Power over Mind and Body
April 25 , 2011
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Getting mind and body working together on a pain management programme, and loosening up with hydrotherapy
Pain management programmes teach people with pain the strategies they need to live as full a life as possible. Paul Evans talks to patients and professionals at Astley Ainslie Hospital in Edinburgh ...
Airing Pain 15: Effective Communication: Patients and professionals
April 11 , 2011
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Better communication for doctors and patients and how to make the most of medical appointments
Communication is fundamental to the relationship between patient and healthcare professional. In this programme Airing Pain looks at this issue from both the patient and doctor’s point of view. Psychologist David Craig of Glasgow comments ...
Airing Pain 14: Recent Developments in Nerve Pain and How To Get a Good Night’s Rest
March 29 , 2011
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What is a spinal cord stimulator and could it help you to manage your pain? Plus, complex regional pain syndrome, mirror therapy for phantom limbs, and how chronic pain affects and is affected by sleep
Paul Evans meets Edith Mowatt who has nerve root pain and hears how ...
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 12: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Pelvic Pain and Cannabis
March 01 , 2011
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Using cannabis as a painkiller, pelvic pain in men and women and living with trigeminal neuralgia
Paul Evans looks at the often uncomfortable subject of pelvic pain and how both women and men can get help. Dr William Notcutt, expert on medicinal cannabis use, talks about the potential ...
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 8: Work and Benefits
January 04 , 2011
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Is work good for us? We discuss working with chronic pain and the benefits system
In the wake of the government’s introduction of the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) which will see all people already on incapacity benefits reassessed for their ability to work by 2014, Airing Pain discusses benefit ...
