Airing Pain
Episodes
60: Pain in the Family: Young adults 2 of 2
02 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian’s Self-directed Support Innovation Fund. In the second of our two ...
59: Pain in the Family: Young adults 1 of 2
19 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the City of Edinburgh Council and NHS Lothian’s Self-directed Support Innovation Fund. Lost childhood, financial...
58: The Pain Toolkit
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. 'You have to learn to live with it.’ Pete Moore’s GP told him after runn...
57: Self-Management, Psychology and 'Physio-terrorists'
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. ‘Pain medicine isn’t good at dealing with the effect of pain on the pers...
56: Images and Perceptions
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. If only pain were visible... Deborah Padfield talks to Presenter Paul Evans ...
55: More Power to You
24 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. We hear about two very different ways of giving people in pain the knowledge...
54: Opioids, Memories and Prison Healthcare
12 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Delving into the issues surrounding opioids and healthcare within prisons and investigating the relationship between memory and pain. This edition ...
53: Headaches, Chilli Pepper Patches and the Placebo Effect
30 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been supported by a grant from the Scottish Government. Paul Evans meets Dr Paul Davies, a Consultant Neurologist from Northamp...
52: Better Care for People in Pain
17 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. At the launch of a new guideline on treatment of chronic pain in Scotland, P...
51: At the Community Pain Management Programme
06 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
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...
50: Pain Services in the Community
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All Programme in Wales. ‘Good pain services, based in the community will mak...
49: The Impact of Pain on Society
06 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. Christine Johnston heads to Brussels to investigate the impact that pain has ...
48: Nursing Beyond Drugs
20 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All Programme in Wales. 'Imagine how it feels like if you’re in pain and peo...
47: The Power of the Mind
06 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by a grant from the Scottish Government. In this edition of Airing Pain Paul Evans explores the possibility of cont...
46: Post-Herpetic Neuralgia and Migraine
28 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by the Scottish Government. Migraine is not ‘just a headache’ – it’s a disabling condition that can cause major ...
45: Helping Us to Help Ourselves
06 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards For All programme in Northern Ireland. Healthcare professionals and people with pain ...
44: Pain Management at Both Extremes of Life
22 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This edition has been funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All Programme in Northern Ireland. In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans ...
43: Patient Involvement and Pain Management
08 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards For All programme in Northern Ireland. In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans tra...
42: Endometriosis and Support Groups
24 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This programme was funded by the Big Lottery Fund's Awards For All programme in Northern Ireland. Paul Evans visits an endometriosis support group...
41: Inside a Multidisciplinary Pain Team
10 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Presenter Paul Evans travels to Northern Ireland to meet a multidisciplinary pain team at Craigavon Area Hopsital, including doctors, psychologists an...
40: Children in Pain
28 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This programme focuses on pain in children and young people, including the different needs they have and the unique challenges that their care present...
39: National Pain Audit
14 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
t the launch of the National Pain Audit at the Science Museum in London, Paul Evans talks to people who took a leading role in its development about t...
38: Can Your Pharmacy Help?
06 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans speaks to Professor David Taylor from the University College London School of Pharmacy about the perceptions and reality of the pharmacist’...
37: What is Pain?
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme Professor Lorimer Moseley, Professor of Clinical Neurosciences and Chair in Physiotherapy at the University of South Australia, expl...
36: Societal Impact of Pain
04 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme we explore issues affecting the management of chronic pain across the diverse societies of Europe. In May 2012 over 400 delegates...
35: The Northern Ireland Pain Summit: Pain, policy and employment
13 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
A special edition of Airing Pain, covering the 2012 Northern Ireland Pain Summit, organised by the Pain Alliance for Northern Ireland. There we interv...
34: Ankylosing Spondylitis; The Patient Perspective
30 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme we look at ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a form of arthritis affecting the spine. Paul Evans speaks to Iain MacDonald and Tom Downie ...
33: Gender and Communication
16 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
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 i...
32: Pain Management Programmes
03 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain sheds some light on pain management programmes: what they are, and how they can help. Paul Evans pays a visit to the Glasgow Pain Managem...
31: Brain Imaging: Looking into your pain
18 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme we feature two areas of research which are helping in the understanding of pain. Professor Karen Davis, a neuroscientist at the U...
30: SUCCESSful Research into Chronic Conditions
05 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How can patients with chronic pain get involved with research into managing their condition? Paul Evans talks to SUCCESS (Service Users with Chronic C...
29: Fibromyalgia
28 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 2.7 million people in the UK, yet it is a condition which is poorly understood leaving the people with it often faci...
28: Self-Management: Pacing and communication
15 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In the previous edition of Airing Pain we featured the work of the charity, Arthritis Care, and, following up from that programme, Paul Evans looks in...
27: Arthritis: Challenging perceptions
21 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme we tackle the issue, raised by Judy on our forum, of how people with arthritis – which often has no obvious physical symptoms – ...
26: Transforming Pain Services: Joining up pain management and involving the patient
14 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The relationship between doctor and patient is crucial in managing pain. In this programme we look at how the British Pain Society’s newly launched ...
25: A Heads-Up on Migraines
30 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Nine out of ten people report a lifetime history of head pain and 2012 has been designated the Global Year Against Headache by the International Assoc...
24: Exercise and Managing Pain
13 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans takes the plunge with Daphne Wood of Pain and Able to find out more about how swimming combined with the Alexander Technique can help peopl...
23: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
03 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans talks to Sunny Boshoff about her experience of complex regional pain syndrome and learns more about the causes of the condition from Dr Bil...
22: Pain Support Groups and Facial Expressions
16 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
People with mental illness and chronic pain often find it difficult to access the treatment they need. Specialist nurse Valerie Conway talks about her...
21: Opioids and Managing Pain in Remote Areas
01 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme we hear about the challenges facing people with chronic pain in isolated parts of the country and how a pain management programme in...
20: The Social Costs of Pain
17 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pain has a huge impact not just on individuals but also on society, healthcare systems and the economy. Airing Pain takes a look at how the Internatio...
19: Family Therapy
03 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pain can sometimes seem like an ‘uninvited guest’ or ‘intruder’ into family life. In this programme we look at the strain pain places on all p...
18: Growing Older with Pain
23 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pain has often been seen as an inevitable part of getting older. Airing Pain listened in to a panel of experts at a ‘Growing Old with Pain: Innovati...
17: Primary Care and Pain in the Brain
10 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain was at the launch of the British Pain Society’s Primary and Community Care Special Interest Group where we heard from healthcare profes...
16: Power over Mind and Body
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 profes...
15: Effective Communication: Patients and professionals
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Communication is fundamental to the relationship between patient and healthcare professional. In this programme Airing Pain looks at this issue from b...
14: Recent Developments in Nerve Pain and How to get a Good Night's Rest
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans meets Edith Mowatt who has nerve root pain and hears how she has learned to manage her condition and about her experience of spinal cord st...
13: Culture, Epidemiology and Back Pain
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How do culture and religion affect the way we experience and manage our pain? Dr Shilpa Patel, Dr Sue Peacock and Sir Michael Bond talk about the rela...
12: Trigeminal Neuralgia, Pelvic Pain and Cannabis
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans looks at the often uncomfortable subject of pelvic pain and how both women and men can get help. Dr William Notcutt, expert on medicinal ca...
11: Music and Knitting
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans gets a knitting lesson when he visits the Stitchlinks group in Bath, where people use craft activities to manage their pain. Betsan Corkhil...
10: Young People in Pain
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Evans visits the Centre for Pain Services at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases at Bath to find out about the pain management pro...
9: Relieving Pain: TENS and acupuncture
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
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 cli...
8: Work and Benefits
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the government’s introduction of the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) which will see all people already on incapacity benefits ...
7: Exercise and Improving Mobility
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Airing Pain visits the Frenchay Hospital Pain Clinic in Bristol where we hear from staff and patients. Paul Evan sits in on a consultation with physio...
6: Pacing and Arthritis
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pacing is the thing that makes the most difference to his patients’ lives, says David Laird, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Management in County...
5: Learning to Live with Pain
28 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Pain management programmes can ‘remove the barriers’ that prevent people with pain from living a normal life, says Dr Owen Hughes of the Pain and ...
4: Diet, CBT and Mindfulness
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this programme Airing Pain looks at a range of lifestyle changes and psychological approaches we can use to help with managing pain. Dr Rae Bell te...
3: Children in Pain
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Chronic pain is as widespread in children and young people as in the population as a whole, but is probably even less well understood. Jan Barton and ...
2: Nerve Pain and How to Manage it
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth Carrigan of the Australian Pain Management Association talks about how pain management techniques helped her come to terms with chronic neur...
1: Introduction to Pain
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In this first Airing Pain programme we introduce the subject of pain and its management with contributors with a variety of expertise and experience. ...