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Airing Pain 51: At the Community Pain Management Programme
January 06 , 2014
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Practical insights and life-changing experiences at a community pain management course
[For a Welsh language transcript please click here.]
This edition has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All Programme in Wales.
In the previous edition of Airing Pain we explored the pros and cons of taking ...
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 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 ...
Airing Pain 1: Introduction to Pain
September 28 , 2010
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What is chronic pain and how can we manage it? We talk to health professionals and patients to find out more
In the first Airing Pain programme we introduce the subject of pain and its management, featuring contributors with a variety of expertise and experience. Professors Blair Smith and Richard ...
