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Half a century worth of research exists on neuropathic pain but what are the latest developments? To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition of Airing Pain is facilitated by the neuropathic pain special interest group (NeuPSIG) of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). With the previous ...

How does the law affect people who use drugs to manage their pain? To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download On 1 April 2019, Pregabalin and Gabapentin, drugs recommended for the management of neuropathic pain, were re-classified as class C controlled substances. Medicinal Cannabis: Is it safe? Does ...

Using creative writing to better represent the chronic pain experience To listen to this programme, please click here.  Prefer a PDF?Download This edition of Airing Pain has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.   Chronic pain often exists in ways that cannot be seen. Due to the intangible and ambiguous nature of many ...

How pain’s subjectivity makes it difficult to measure, rewiring the brain and new research that allows patients to visualise their pain To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition is funded by the Plum Foundation. In this edition of Airing Pain, returning contributor Mark Johnson, Director of the ...

Anxiety and expectations, how ‘fear circuitry’affects self-management, and the importance of social prescribing To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition has been funded by friends of Pain Concern. Director of CSPC Physiotherapy in Leeds, Alison Rose, specialises in working with high-level athletes, particularly those with complex ...

Living with a diagnosis, what palliative care entails, and non-pharmacological treatments To listen to the programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. According to Cancer Research UK, 50% of all people in England and Wales diagnosed with cancer survive their disease for ten ...

Fibromyalgia management’s revised recommendations, walking as self-management, and one person’s journey with living with FM To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition has been supported by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. In 2016, EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) published its Revised Recommendations for the Management of ...

How men and women experience pain, arming yourself with the right information, and not being embarrassed about your condition To listen to this programme, click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition’s been part funded by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. Do women and men experience pain differently, or is it only ...

How Pain Concern’s Navigator Tool can help focus pain appointments To listen to this programme, click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition is funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance and Edinburgh and Lothians Health Foundation. In 2015 Pain Concern released its report ‘Breaking barriers to self-management of chronic pain ...

What can be done to implement better pain education for doctors, patients and parents, and trusting your pharmacist when in doubt To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition has been funded by Pain Concern supporter and cyclist Ade and The Sackler Trust. According to the British Pain ...

Singing, laughing and the feel good factor. Pain Management, the fun way To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition has been funded by the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust. The British Pain Society’s (BPS) Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) allows the multidisciplinary nature of the society to be ...

More pain, less sleep. Less sleep, more pain. The relationship is a complex one, but what are the mechanisms behind the link between sleep and pain? To listen to this programme, please click here. Prefer a PDF?Download This edition is funded by the Constance Travis Charitable Trust and the Isabella ...