150: Pain Education Classes: Learn to live well with pain
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pain Education Classes – Learn to live well with pain “A life-changing experience” – Lin...
150: Trail - Airing Pain 150: Pain Education Classes - Learn to live well with pain
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain #149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity This edition of Airi...
Trail - Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain focuses on advances in understanding and managing chronic pain, from ne...
148: Trail - Airing Pain - Exploring the links between hypermobility and neurodivergence
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Full Episode available: 5/3/2025 This Airing Pain episode explores how neurodivergent individuals ...
Airing Pain Short - Interview with Jason Wilsher-Mills
02 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills has lived with pain and chronic polyneuropathy since he was a child. In t...
Airing Pain - Interview with Susan Birth
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Susan Birth, Chief Executive of Ehlers-Danlos Support UK, explores the challenges faced by individu...
Airing Pain - Interview with Simon Harvey
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"Simon Harvey, General Manager of Able in South Wales, discusses supporting adults with learning dis...
148: Exploring the links between hypermobility and neurodivergence
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain 148: Links between hypermobility and neurodivergence Released on: 5/3/2025 This Airin...
147: Person-Centred Care
04 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Airing Pain focuses on person-centred care. Person-centred care is based on the indi...
146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain 146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease This edition o...
Trail - Airing Pain 146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming 9th October: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Infl...
145: Rethinking Pain: Pain Management in the Community
14 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain 145 Rethinking Pain: Pain Management in the Community This edition of Airing Pain ce...
Trail - Airing Pain 145: Rethinking Pain: Pain in the Community
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming 14th August: This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-pati...
144: Dilemmas in Pain Research
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain 144: Dilemmas in Pain Research This episode of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges...
Trail - Airing Pain 144: Dilemmas in Pain Research
28 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming 12 June: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the dilemmas and roadblocks that researchers ...
143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief
10 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment t...
Trail - Airing Pain 143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief
27 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming 10 April: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of cat...
142: Societal Inequalities and Disparities in Pain Management
21 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pain Concern would like to remind listeners that the topic of chronic pain can be uncomfortable for ...
141: Living with Childhood and Young Adult Cancer
20 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain sheds light on the unique challenges of living with cancer as a child o...
140: Childhood Pain - Adverse Experiences and Parental Relationships
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain is on the topic of early childhood experiences. (Content warning: in...
139: Living With Persistent Pain in Wales 2023
04 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain was recorded at the Living Well with Persistent Pain in Wales conferenc...
138: Dance, Chronic Pain and Self-Compassion
30 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Is self-compassion a trait or a state of being? This edition is inspired by findings that suggest s...
137: Pharmacists and Chronic Pain: How to Prescribe and De-prescribe Safely
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain was prompted by the 2022 NICE Guidelines which followed a Public Health...
136: The Future of Pain Management
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What’s around the corner? This edition of Airing Pain platforms four internationally recognised c...
135: Pain Management during the Covid-19 Pandemic – Lessons Learnt
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain examines how Covid-19 has impacted on the relationship between patient ...
134: Warwick Study of Mental Defeat
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is mental defeat and does it have an impact on the experiences of those living with pain? ...
133: Sharing Pain - How Group Consultations Can Help Long COVID And Other Conditions
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How the symptoms of long COVID are being managed using group consultations and the many things long...
132: When Children Have Arthritis
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How do you identify illness in young children and coping as a family. This Airing Pain was recor...
131: Face Pain, Treatment & Management
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What causes different types of face pain and what treatment is available? In this episode of Airi...
130: Pain Management Programmes & the Health Unlocked Forum
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Scotland’s Pain Management Programmes (PMPs) and what support is available after graduating. ...
129: Shingles & Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN)
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Determining what Shingles really is and why vaccine uptake is so low? This edition of Airing Pa...
128: Back Pain & Pain from a Global Perspective with the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Looking into one of the most globally prevalent types of pain, back pain, and exploring different c...
127: Pain Management & Taking the Sting Out the Tail of Neuropathic Pain
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain has been funded by educational grants from The R. S. Macdonald Charitab...
126: Domestic Violence and Chronic Pain
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. The Coronavirus pandemic has been...
125: Opioid-Induced Constipation
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported with a grant from Kyowa Kirin donated for this purpose. While op...
124: Diabetic Neuropathy
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by a grant from The Champ Trust and Foundation Scotland. Accordi...
123: Opioids and Chronic Pain
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by a grant from Kyowa Kirin. The opioid crisis reached its peak ...
122: The Many Faces of Research
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This editionhas been supported with a grant from The Mirianog Trust donated for this purpose. It wa...
121: Living with Persistent Pain in Wales
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been partially funded by an educational grant from Grünenthal Limited, donated fo...
120: Osteoporosis
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by a grant from The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. Osteoporosi...
119: Experts by Experience: Working together in pain management programmes
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by a grant from the Plum Trust. In September, the British Pain S...
118: Pain Management in Young People
01 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans looks at the issues concerning pain amongst adolescents, ...
117: Patients as Research Partners
03 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition was facilitated by the British Pain Society and recorded at their Annual Scientific Me...
116: Neuropathic Pain 2 of 2: Latest research
06 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this second instalment in a mini-series on neuropathic pain, Paul Evans delves into the latest sc...
115: Neuropathic Pain 1 of 2: Targeted pain management programmes
02 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul investigates the ideas behind Pain Management Programmes, and h...
114: You, Your Drugs, and the Law: Gabapentinoids and medicinal cannabis
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition of Airing Pain is funded by Foundation Scotland. On 1 April 2019 pregabalin and gabap...
113: Translating Chronic Pain
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Chronic pain often exists wa...
112: Measuring Pain, Reading the Brain
02 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Plum Foundation. In this edition of Airing Pain, returning contrib...
111: Physiotherapy, Mind, Body and the Social Component
05 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is supported by friends of Pain Concern. Director of CSPC Physiotherapy in Leeds, A...
110: Living with Cancer Pain
05 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. According to Cancer Research UK, 50% of all ...
109: Fibromyalgia
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. Fibromyalgia (FM) affects ar...
108: Gender Differences
06 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition’s been part funded by the Women’s Fund of Scotland. Do women and men experience...
107: Easing Pain Appointments with the Navigator Tool
02 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance and Edinburgh and Lot...
106: Pain Education for Doctors, Patients, and Parents
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by Pain Concern supporter and cyclist Ade and The Sackler Trust. Ac...
105: Singing, Laughter, Speech and Pleasure
01 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition was funded by the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust. The British Pain Society’s An...
104: How Sleep and Chronic Pain Interact
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Constance Travis Charitable Trust and the Isabella Memorial Trust. ...
103: Pain and Relationships
05 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the JTH Charitable Trust and the Persula Foundation. With between one ...
102: Chronic Pain and Resilience
01 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by a grant from the Stafford Trust. For top-level athletes, chronic pain ...
101: Persistent Post-Operative Pain in Cancer Survivors
03 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by The Agnes Hunter Trust. An ever-increasing cancer survivor rate means ...
100: Airing Pain at 100 with the Glasgow Pain Education Session
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2010, Airing Pain was conceived as a way for those with chronic pain, unable to leave their homes...
99: Transition Services for Adolescents with Chronic Pain
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition was funded by a grant by the Agnes Hunter Trust With 8% of young people in the 13-18 ...
98: IASP Global Year for Excellence in Pain Education and the Benefit of Pain Management Programmes
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by Pain Concern’s donors and friends, assisted by an educational grant fro...
97: Sex and Chronic Pain
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme is supported by an educational grant from the Tillyloss Trust. Along with food, s...
96: The British Pain Society (BPS) at 50
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by an educational grant from Napp Pharmaceuticals Ltd. In 2017, the ...
95: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 2 of 2
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by grants from RS Macdonald Charitable Trust and the Hospital Saturday Fu...
94: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome 1 of 2
05 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by grants from the RS MacDonald Charitable Trust and The Hospital Saturda...
93: Easy Being Green
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by a grant from The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. Getting some gent...
92: Diabetes and Neuropathic Pain
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by a grant from The Schuh Trust. There are around 4.5 million people l...
91: Not an Old Man's Disease
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by a grant from The Schuh Trust. Gout is the most common form of infla...
90: Back Pain
10 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by a grant from The Schuh Trust. Back pain causes more disability than...
89: Dementia
11 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by grant from W G Edwards and the Cruden Charitable Foundation. Accord...
88: What to EXPPECT When You're in Pelvic Pain
14 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Women’s Fund For Scotland. Interstitial cysti...
87: Vulvodynia
14 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Women’s Fund For Scotland. Vulvodynia is a ne...
86: Sickle Cell Disease
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
An estimated 15,000 people in the UK are living with Sickle Cell disease and at least 250,000 are ca...
85: Pain in Europe
27 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by Grünenthal. Around 20 per cent of Europe’s adult population live wi...
84: Cancer Pain
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. More people than ever before survive cancer, b...
83: Arthritis: From self-help to cutting edge research
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. Over ten million people in the UK live with ar...
82: Pain, PTSD and Perfume
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is supported by Forces in Mind Trust and the MacRobert Trust. In the third instalme...
81: Life After Limb Loss
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the MacRobert Trust and the Forces in Mind Trust. Hundreds of ve...
80: Suffering is Optional
16 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the MacRobert Trust and the Forces in Mind Trust. ‘Pain is ine...
79: Side Effects, Placebos and a Brief History of Nerve Pain
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tens of thousands of soldiers in the First World War survived with limb amputations, but doctors and...
78: Putting Children’s Pain in the Picture
05 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
‘In hospital. Don’t know what’s going to happen to me.’ These words, written by a child ask...
77: Realising the Painful Truth
22 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
How can healthcare systems adapt to meet the needs of people in pain? Airing Pain returns to Norther...
76: Pain, Poverty and Employment
10 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the second programme in our Good Work double bill we hear how people in pain and their families a...
75: Back to Work
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by a grant from the Moffatt Trust. As many as a quarter of people with chro...
74: Music
12 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Could music be a key resource for managing pain? The results of a survey on music and chronic pain a...
73: Foot Pain
28 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by a grant from the Schuh Trust. About 10% of the adult population experien...
72: Breaking the Barriers to Pain Management
21 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is part of a project funded by the Health and Social Care Alliance. We know that su...
71: Protect our Girls
27 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Over 100,000 women in the UK have been affected by female genital mutilation (FGM) with devastating ...
70: The Case for Pain Management
13 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Make sure you stand up and do a few stretches after listening to this episode of Airing Pain! ‘...
69: People not Patients
29 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Can a doctor ever be too sympathetic? Health psychologist Professor Tamar Pincus explains why this m...
68: The Brain and the Genes
15 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
If someone steps on your toe, your toe hurts – simple as that, right? Wrong! Professor Rolf-D...
67: Biopsychosocial and Spiritual?
01 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by a donation from the residents at Falcon House, Edinburgh. It’s well ...
66: Not a Burden
20 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Friends don’t always understand, they don’t get out much and they’re faced with daunting respo...
65: Hypnosis and Unexplained Pain
05 Mar 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by a grant from the Dorothy Howard Charitable Trust. In this edition of A...
64: Patients, Pills and Policies
18 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition is funded by Grünenthal. Almost 100 million EU citizens have chronic pain, but the...
63: Interventional Pain Management
04 Feb 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by Pfizer. Physiotherapy, exercise, medications and clinical psycho...
62: Independent Living
30 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Moffat Charitable Trust. How can people left di...
61: Deciding Together
17 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by Pain Concern’s friends and supporters. In this edition of Airi...