16 episodes

We are all likely to experience pain at some stage in our lives. But, how do you deal with constant, chronic pain? Learning to manage severe pain on a daily basis takes a phenomenal amount of mental and physical strength. The 7 video tracks in this album introduce patients and doctors at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and the Real Health Institute in London. They explore the causes of pain, the changes it brings to the lives of sufferers and the ways in which drugs, surgery, physiotherapy and cognitive therapies can help control it.

This material forms part of The Open University course SDK125 Introducing health sciences: a case study approach.

Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic - for iPad/Mac/PC The Open University

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We are all likely to experience pain at some stage in our lives. But, how do you deal with constant, chronic pain? Learning to manage severe pain on a daily basis takes a phenomenal amount of mental and physical strength. The 7 video tracks in this album introduce patients and doctors at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and the Real Health Institute in London. They explore the causes of pain, the changes it brings to the lives of sufferers and the ways in which drugs, surgery, physiotherapy and cognitive therapies can help control it.

This material forms part of The Open University course SDK125 Introducing health sciences: a case study approach.

    Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

    Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

    A short introduction to this album

    • 58 sec
    Transcript -- Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

    Transcript -- Introducing Health Sciences: The Pain Clinic

    A short introduction to this album

    • video
    Gate Control Theory

    Gate Control Theory

    Doctors and patients at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and at the Real Health Institute explain how chronic pain works

    • 4 min
    Transcript -- Gate Control Theory

    Transcript -- Gate Control Theory

    Doctors and patients at the Royal Free Hospital's Pain Clinic and at the Real Health Institute explain how chronic pain works

    • video
    The Real Health Institute

    The Real Health Institute

    A group of 8 patients on a four week course at a specialist pain clinic in London.

    • 8 min
    Transcript -- The Real Health Institute

    Transcript -- The Real Health Institute

    A group of 8 patients on a four week course at a specialist pain clinic in London.

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