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Airing Pain

Airing Pain is the online radio programme and podcast from Pain Concern. Each edition we bring together people with chronic pain and top specialists to talk about resources that can help. You can listen to Airing Pain every Tuesday via Able Radio, with all episodes available on demand here and on our website. Or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast app to get the latest podcasts delivered straight to your mobile or tablet. We welcome feedback - rate on your device or

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152: How is pain management changing?

Airing Pain ·

2026/04/07

This episode is produced in partnership with the British Pain Society. These interviews were recorded at their 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. The 2026 Annual Scientific Meeting is just weeks away – register here. Amongst other things, here we tackle the taboo subject of acute period pain, highlight how changes in primary care are improving the pain management landscape, and discuss common misconceptions about opioid use.Does period pain need rethinking? Understand the research with Katy Vincent,

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1: How neurodivergent people experience pain

Airing Pain ·

2026/03/03

‘if you’re treating people in pain, you’re treating autistic people in pain’Do neurodivergent people experience pain differently?The simple answer – and the slightly more complicated oneWhy you, or your patients, aren’t recovering Building relationships across neurotypes Pain thresholds, pain anxiety, pain communication… With Dr David Moore, Reader in Pain Psychology at Liverpool John Moores UniversityThanks go to the British Pain Society – this interview was recorded at their 2025 Annual

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151: How do social factors impact pain?

Airing Pain ·

2026/02/03

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, and even celebrate, different types of pain for different genders…Can stress cause chronic pain? The research, explained… with Cormac Ryan, Professor of Clinical

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150: Pain Education Classes: Learn to live well with...

Airing Pain ·

2025/09/16

Pain Education Classes – Learn to live well with pain This episode of Airing Pain shares the inspiring journey behind Pain Concern, and its mission to help people learn more about pain and understand what they can do for themselves. Featuring excerpts from a live education session held at Clydebank Health Centre, this episode highlights how a brief, impactful course—delivered by trained volunteers with lived experience—is empowering people to manage their chronic pain. Listen to hear how

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150: Trail - Airing Pain 150: Pain Education Classes...

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2025/09/09

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149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to...

Airing Pain ·

2025/05/21

Airing Pain #149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunityThis edition of Airing Pain looks at the research into why pain persists, how we can identify people at risk and whether we could prevent it happening. In this episode: How does acute short-term pain turn into chronic, persistent pain? Kathleen Sluka explains that people who experience psychological trauma at young ages are more likely to have chronic pain later in life. What scientists think is happening is that

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149: Airing Pain 149: Advances in understanding and...

Airing Pain ·

2025/05/16

This edition of Airing Pain focuses on advances in understanding and managing chronic pain, from neuroimmune mechanisms to new diagnostic and treatment approaches.In this trailer, listen to excerpts from the full program on: how does acute, short term pain turn into chronic, persistent pain? Why do early life experiences affect later life pain? And why do existing tools for measuring pain fall short?

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148: Trail - Airing Pain - Exploring the links...

Airing Pain ·

2025/05/02

Full Episode available: 5/3/2025This Airing Pain episode explores how neurodivergent individuals experience pain, potential links to hypermobility, and the need for better education to support conditions like autism and ADHD. Neurodiversity refers to the different ways a person’s brain processes information. It is an umbrella term used to describe a number of conditions including Autism or Autism Spectrum Conditions; ADHD; Dyscalculia; Dyslexia; Dyspraxia, or Developmental Coordination

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Airing Pain Short - Interview with Jason Wilsher-Mills

Airing Pain ·

2025/05/02

Artist Jason Wilsher-Mills has lived with pain and chronic polyneuropathy since he was a child. In this interview he talks about his recent exhibition at the Wellcome Collection in London called "Jason and the Adventure of the 254"

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Airing Pain - Interview with Susan Birth

Airing Pain ·

2025/04/30

"Susan Birth, Chief Executive of Ehlers-Danlos Support UK, explores the challenges faced by individuals with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorders, touching on symptom management, NHS navigation, and promising new research."

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Airing Pain - Interview with Simon Harvey

Airing Pain ·

2025/04/30

"Simon Harvey, General Manager of Able in South Wales, discusses supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and neurodivergent conditions. He reflects on the podcast's relevance for families and individuals, sharing personal insights about pain management and raising autistic children with ADHD."

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148: Exploring the links between hypermobility and...

Airing Pain ·

2025/03/05

Airing Pain 148: Links between hypermobility and neurodivergenceReleased on: 5/3/2025 This Airing Pain episode explores how neurodivergent individuals experience pain, potential links to hypermobility, and the need for better education to support conditions like autism and ADHD. Neurodiversity refers to the different ways a person’s brain processes information. It is an umbrella term used to describe a number of conditions including Autism or Autism Spectrum Conditions; ADHD; Dyscalculia;

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147: Person-Centred Care

Airing Pain ·

2024/12/04

This episode of Airing Pain focuses on person-centred care. Person-centred care is based on the individual rather than on a generic group of patients. In this episode: Vicky Sandy-Davis, Lead Nurse of Independent Health and Social Care, talks about the importance of recognizing the value of person-centred care, specifically for people with intellectual or learning disabilities Ian Taverner and Sarah Harrisson discuss the importance of involving people living with chronic pain in research

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146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel...

Airing Pain ·

2024/10/09

Airing Pain 146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome & Inflammatory Bowel Disease This edition of Airing Pain focuses on two conditions affecting the gut: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Both affect the digestive system, and both cause pain. In this episode we learn about what separates these outwardly similar sounding conditions, how they are diagnosed, and what treatments might be available. Dr David Bulmer discusses the key differences and distinguishing

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Trail - Airing Pain 146: Irritable Bowel Syndrome &...

Airing Pain ·

2024/10/02

Coming 9th October: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – two outwardly similar sounding conditions, but the devil is in the details. Our contributors are experts on visceral pain, gastrointestinal disease, and psychological factors affecting chronic conditions; find out what they have to say in the latest edition of Airing Pain, coming soon. The interviews were recorded at the British Pain Society’s Annual Scientific

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145: Rethinking Pain: Pain in the Community

Airing Pain ·

2024/08/14

Airing Pain 145 Rethinking Pain: Pain Management in the Community This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-patient relationship in pain management and exploring alternative approaches to bringing pain management back into the community. Dr Barbara Phipps, GP and Lifestyle Medicine expert, discusses the development and benefits of group consultations for pain management. Dr Jackie Walumbe sheds light on the pervasive inequalities in chronic pain services,

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146: Trail - Airing Pain 145: Rethinking Pain: Pain...

Airing Pain ·

2024/08/07

Coming 14th August: This edition of Airing Pain centres on rethinking the traditional clinician-patient relationship in pain management and exploring alternative approaches to bringing pain management back into the community. Is the 1-to-1 doctor-patient consultation the best we can do? How can we help people to feel more empowered in managing their own pain? Our contributors are experts in pain management, research, and community engagement; find out what they have to say in the latest edition

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144: Dilemmas in Pain Research

Airing Pain ·

2024/06/12

Airing Pain 144: Dilemmas in Pain Research This episode of Airing Pain focuses on the challenges that researchers must overcome when researching pain and developing new treatment approaches. Many questions remain unanswered in the field of pain research. For example, we might know that a treatment works for some people living with pain, but we might not know how it works or why some people benefit and some do not. So, there is a lot of research being done to try to better understand pain. This

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Trail - Airing Pain 144: Dilemmas in Pain Research

Airing Pain ·

2024/05/28

Coming 12 June: This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the dilemmas and roadblocks that researchers encounter when researching pain and developing interventions, how they may overcome them, and why systematic reviews of research are so important.Our contributors for this edition are leaders in this field and they discuss some of the issues they have encountered whilst conducting their research into pain and how to treat it. Interviews in this edition were recorded at the British Pain Society

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143: Personalised Medicine and Empowered Pain Relief

Airing Pain ·

2024/04/10

This edition of Airing Pain focuses on the treatment of pain, the importance of catering treatment to a person’s individual genetic makeup, and why addressing the psychological dimensions of pain is crucial in treating it effectively. The process of finding a medication or treatment that works for a person often involves a lot of trial and error, which can be a frustrating process for someone to go through. This process can be side-stepped through the use of personalised medicine, where

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