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Glenn’s Training Update: Recharged for 20K Challenge!
March 06 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 7
Family Recharge
This week, Glenn is back from a much-needed break with his family. Spending time with loved ones and enjoying a change of scenery has helped him recharge his batteries, and now he’s ready to take on his biggest run yet – a ...
Glenn’s Training Update: 15K Done & Aiming for 20K!
February 18 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 6
This week, Glenn's training hit another milestone on his journey to the Bath Marathon—completing a 15K run! Even better, his hamstring injury has fully healed, allowing him to complete the run without any setbacks.
In an interesting twist, Glenn left the music and technology ...
Glenn’s Marathon Training: Overcoming Setbacks with Smart Recovery!
February 06 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 5
Training for a marathon comes with challenges, and unfortunately, Glenn faced a setback last weekend when a hamstring injury forced him to cut his planned 14K run short. Rather than pushing through, he took the time to carefully assess his injury, listen to ...
Glenn’s Training Update: Smashing the 10K and Pushing Forward!
January 30 , 2025
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Glenn's Training Update: Week 4
On Sunday, 26th January, Glenn took on the North London Hospice – Race the Neighbours 10K, finishing in an impressive 54 minutes and 26 seconds! Cheered on by family at the finish line, Glenn described the incredible feeling of a "runner’s high" after ...
Glenn’s Training Update: Race the Neighbours 10k!
January 23 , 2025
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Glenn's Marathon Journey: Week 3 Update
As Glenn continues his inspiring journey towards the Brighton Marathon, he shares the latest on his training:
"This week's training has been going well. On Saturday 18th January, I ran a 5k, and my time was 23 minutes and 22 seconds 🙂. I ...
Pain Management Outside the Box
January 21 , 2025
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A Day of Innovation and Ideas at the RSM
On behalf of Pain Concern, I attended the Royal Society of Medicine’s Pain Management Outside the Box conference on Wednesday 16th October. It was held in a large room with books from the floor to the ceiling. These shelves, ...
Letter to my patient #4 Opioids 2
January 21 , 2025
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Dr. Lars Williams is consultant anaesthetist and pain specialist working for NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde Pain Service, as well as the Scottish National Pain Management Service. In this article, originally published in Pain Matters 87, Dr. Williams explores the complexities of using opioids for chronic pain management, ...
My Parkrun Progress: A Journey Towards the Brighton Marathon
January 19 , 2025
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In this second blog post, we catch up with Glenn's training progress.
Glenn has been working hard to prepare for the Brighton Marathon, starting with two Parkruns this month. He says:
"My first Parkrun on 4th January took me 26 minutes and 38 seconds, and I placed 94th out ...
Glenn’s Marathon Mission: Raising Awareness for Chronic Pain
January 16 , 2025
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Hey, I’m Glenn, a volunteer for Pain Concern and someone living with chronic pain.
On the 6th April I will be running the Brighton Marathon as part of my fundraising role for the charity! My mission is to raise awareness and funds to support others facing this challenging, ...
NBPA Autumn Scientific Meeting 2024
January 16 , 2025
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The North British Pain Association (NBPA) held its Autumn Scientific Meeting on 8th November 2024 in Edinburgh, focusing on the theme of Pain Management Across Identities.
Thank you!
We thank the NBPA committee for organising a day of engaging talks and discussions. It was inspiring to hear about efforts ...
18 Creative and Crafty Activities
December 18 , 2024
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It’s always good to look back at previous editions of Pain Matters and it’s from issue 38 that I take great delight in sharing some words for wisdom from Dennis Turk and Frits Winter, “Pain needs competition”— social contact, creativity and fun all help us to put ...
Christmas anecdotes
December 18 , 2024
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Andy is a writer. Negotiating life with pain and fatigue has meant discovering new ways to celebrate Christmas. In this series of anecdotes, Andy shares how difficult yet joyous that journey can be.
1. “The Christmas Light Dilemma”
Every year, the twinkle of Christmas lights feels like a promise ...
