88 episodes

Got Pain? Dr. Wayne Phimister interviews top experts in the field of chronic pain to bring you pain relief every week. Listen for cutting-edge interviews featuring top doctors, professors, researchers, therapists, authors and individuals who have solutions or strategies in treating chronic pain or curing it altogether.

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Got Pain? Dr. Wayne Phimister interviews top experts in the field of chronic pain to bring you pain relief every week. Listen for cutting-edge interviews featuring top doctors, professors, researchers, therapists, authors and individuals who have solutions or strategies in treating chronic pain or curing it altogether.

    Ep88 - "Avoiding the Sequels of Surgery" With Dr. Mona Mubarak

    Ep88 - "Avoiding the Sequels of Surgery" With Dr. Mona Mubarak

    Nobody is exempt from feeling pain after a surgical intervention but is it possible to reduce the chronic consequences that we could suffer because of it? Surely it is! Dr. Mona Mubarak joins us again to talk about post-surgical pain and how can we take action to prevent it from happening. She is also discussing the main factors that can increase the possibilities of being affected by it and the most effective solutions to this common, but invisible, problem. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Dr. Mona Mubarak

    Dr. Mona Mubarak is a Consultant in Chronic Pain Management and Anaesthesia since 2016. After getting a worldwide experience of pain management in Ireland, Australia, and the UK, her enthusiasm extended to the USA where she finished the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) in 2017. Dr. Mubarak was a full-time chronic pain management consultant at Birmingham University and Dorset University Hospitals for the last three years. Prior to that, she was appointed as a substantive chronic pain and Anaesthesia consultant in the Royal National Orthopedic State of Art hospital in Birmingham, UK.

    • 20 min
    Ep87 - "The Reality of Chronic Pain" With Dr. Mona Mubarak

    Ep87 - "The Reality of Chronic Pain" With Dr. Mona Mubarak

    Do you know what is behind your chronic pain and what does it really implies? You are about to know it! Today, Dr. Mona Mubarak joins us to talk about everything about chronic pain diagnosis and treatment: what is the biological basis of it, its usual obstacles, and possible results. She will also talk about the consequences of the lack of correct diagnoses and the evolution of chronic pain on the integrity of the body, and her actual work developing a multidisciplinary pelvic pain clinic. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Dr. Mona Mubarak
    Dr. Mubarak is a Consultant in Chronic Pain Management and Anesthesia since 2016. After getting a worldwide experience in pain management in Ireland, Australia, and the United Kingdom, her enthusiasm extended to the United States, where she finished the Fellowship of Interventional Pain Practice (FIPP) in 2017. She also has had private practice privileges in the most prestigious hospitals in the UK, including The Nuffield, Ramsay Health, and the BMI group.

    • 26 min
    Ep86 - "You Are Only Three Steps Away From Healing" With Mihael Mamychsvili

    Ep86 - "You Are Only Three Steps Away From Healing" With Mihael Mamychsvili

    Do you feel that you are empowered enough to overcome what is constantly causing your pain? Well, this may help you solve your problems. Today, Mihael Mamychsvili is here to talk about the three-stepped neuropath reset method, which is a pain therapy that has been recently designed by him, and describe the components that it involves in every instance. He will also discuss some of the obstacles that are involved with patients' treatment, as well as the benefits of understanding, by his own experience, the emotional component of chronic pain. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Mihael Mamychsvili
    Mihael Mamychsvili is the Founder and Lead Therapist of Angel Hands Integrative Programs. His specialty is reconnecting the communication between mind and body. After becoming a Shiatsu Therapist in 2001, he has developed his own style of therapy and methodology that focuses on the body-mind connection. Through his treatments, which look at the complete person, he has helped clients change themselves. He is also recognized by complementary as well as conventional health agencies like VGH Cardiac Rehab Centre, PainBc, and The Cancer Society, where he is often asked to be a keynote speaker or educator.

    • 25 min
    Ep85 “There Is No Single Solution for Chronic Pain” With Mark Pew

    Ep85 “There Is No Single Solution for Chronic Pain” With Mark Pew

    ABOUT TODAY'S EPISODE:
    Are you waiting for the discovering of a new method that can end with your problems? Did you know that you can do more for yourself than anybody else? Because that is the truth! Today, Mark Pew joins us to discuss a variety of topics related to neuroplasticity, behavioral therapy, and the use of alternative methods, such as medical marijuana and cannabidiol. He is also describing the importance of finding the correct treatment according to each situation, and the change of mindset that is really necessary to truly heal from chronic pain. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Mark Pew
    Mark Pew, Advisory Board member at BioNutraceutical Health Solutions, is a passionate educator and agitator. Mark is a recognized thought leader in workers’ compensation and award-winning speaker, blogger, author, and jurisdictional advisor. Also known as the RxProfessor, he is focused on the intersection of chronic pain and appropriate treatment, particularly as it relates to the clinical and financial implications of prescription painkillers non-pharma treatment modalities, and the evolution of medical marijuana.

    • 26 min
    Ep84 “What Chronic Pain Really Involves” With Dr. Trevor Campbell

    Ep84 “What Chronic Pain Really Involves” With Dr. Trevor Campbell

    ABOUT TODAY'S EPISODE:
    Have you ever suffered from chronic pain? Are you conscious of the multiple consequences that it has? Because it can considerably influence multiple aspects of your daily life. Today, Dr. Trevor Campbell joins us to talk about how pain can affect both individuals and society. The variety of results that it can potentially have in social, economic, and daily life, and the involvement of all the facets of the human being, such as the biological, psychological, and social ones, makes it an important aspect of health to focus on. He is also discussing the actual problem of addressing successful treatments for chronic diseases, and the challenge that it represents to the physician. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Dr. Trevor Campbell
    Dr. Trevor Campbell is a family physician who studied medicine at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, before emigrating to Canada, where he became interested in treatments for chronic pain. He has worked in multi-disciplinary pain management and opioid reduction programs and has served as medical director for a leading pain management provider in Western Canada.

    • 25 min
    Ep83 “A Change in Modern Medicine: Treating with Cannabis” With Dr. Sara-Ara Ahmed

    Ep83 “A Change in Modern Medicine: Treating with Cannabis” With Dr. Sara-Ara Ahmed

    ABOUT TODAY'S EPISODE:
    Is there any benefit in trying cannabinoid medicine in pain treatments? We are still walking along the path of really understanding its physiology, but there are many good reasons to implement it. Dr. Sara-Ara Ahmed joins us today to talk about her trajectory in pain and cannabinoid medicine, how can both be used to benefit patients with chronic diseases, and what are the obstacles that she finds every day in her practice with this controversial methodology. She will be also talking about its possible relation with the immune system, and the impact of the actual situation of COVID-19 in patients' attention. 

    ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST - Dr. Sana-Ara Ahmed
    Dr. Sana-Ara Ahmed is a practicing clinical Anesthesiologist, Interventional Pain & Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist in Canada. She holds membership with national and international cannabis research societies and is an avid advocate for dignified patient access to medical cannabis. Successfully incorporating medical cannabis in treating chronic pain with the combination of regenerative medicine has well established Dr. Ahmed as a national expert in this emerging field of medicine. As an avant-garde entrepreneur and visionary, her chronic pain holistic clinic, known as Genuvis Health, provides integrative, compassionate, and personalized pain management solutions. Her diverse practice focuses on targeted pain control for accurate pain diagnosis and opioid harm reduction for post-surgical pain patients.

    • 31 min

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