Resources

What pain is, and why understanding your pain is important To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In this programme Dr Lorimer Moseley, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia, explains the relationship between chronic pain and the brain, ...

Finding out about the role of the pharmacist and how service users can get the most from them Paul Evans speaks to Professor David Taylor from the University College London School of Pharmacy about the perceptions and reality of the pharmacist’s role and their skills. Pharmacist Emma Hinks ...

At the age of 24, Kiera Jones’ career as a scientist was abruptly disrupted by the onset of chronic wrist pain.  She tells us about the frustrations of the condition and how she is gradually finding ways to work around it to get her career back on ...

Evaluating the cost of chronic pain to society and improving public health policy on pain To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In this programme we explore issues affecting the management of chronic pain across the diverse societies of Europe. In May 2012 over 400 delegates ...

What pain is, and why understanding your pain is important In this programme Professor Lorimer Moseley, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia, explains the relationship between chronic pain and the brain, incorporating personal stories which illuminate this relationship. The importance ...

The challenges of improving pain management in Northern Ireland, and raising awareness of chronic pain among businesses To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download A special edition of Airing Pain, covering the 2012 Northern Ireland Pain Summit, organised by the Pain Alliance for Northern Ireland. ...

Evaluating the cost of chronic pain to society and improving public health policy on pain This programme was funded by an educational grant from Grünenthal. In this programme we explore issues affecting the management of chronic pain across the diverse societies of Europe. In May 2012 over 400 delegates representing ...

Living with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis, plus, listening to the patient perspective and educating health professionals To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download In this programme we look at ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a form of arthritis affecting the spine. Paul Evans speaks to Iain MacDonald ...

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 ...

How gender can influence experiences of pain, and living with cluster headaches To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download We hear about orofacial pain (pain of the face and mouth) from Dr Barry Sessle, a professor in the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Toronto ...

Living with ankylosing spondylitis and psoriasis; plus, listening to the patient perspective and educating health professionals This programme was funded by Pain Concern’s supporters and friends. In this programme we look at ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a form of arthritis affecting the spine. Paul Evans speaks to Iain MacDonald and ...

What is a pain management programme? We find out more with the patients and staff on the Glasgow programme To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download Airing Pain sheds some light on pain management programmes: what they are, and how they can help. Paul Evans pays ...