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Airing Pain #151: How do social factors impact pain? (Transcript)

February 03 , 2026
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Download PDF Listen Now First broadcast: 3 February 2026 Paul Evans This is Airing Pain, a programme brought to you by Pain Concern, the UK charity providing information and support for those of us living with pain, our family and supporters, and the healthcare professionals who care for us. I'm Paul Evans, ...

Airing Pain #151: How do social factors impact pain?

February 03 , 2026
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This episode of Airing Pain explores how social factors impact the onset, experience and treatment of pain.  …understanding how things like your thoughts, your fears, your social interactions influence your biology can be really, really powerful…  …you're not just dealing with the pain, you're holding it in for everyone else… …we normalise, ...

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 ...