Airing Pain

Airing Pain
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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 fill in our survey. Pain Concern is a charity registered in Scotland SC023559.

  1. How neurodivergent people experience pain

    MAR 3

    How neurodivergent people experience pain

    ‘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 one Why 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 University Thanks go to the British Pain Society – this interview was recorded at their 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting. Read Pain Matters 91 now.

    13 min
  2. How do social factors impact pain?

    FEB 3

    How do social factors impact pain?

    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 Rehabilitation at Teesside University. What can pain do to relationships? What can relationships do to pain? Pain masking, social withdrawal, the power of attunement… with Rebecca Pearson, Professor of Developmental Psychology and Epidemiology at Manchester Metropolitan University. How do sex and gender affect pain? Sex hormones, gender identity, social modelling… with Katelynn Boerner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of British Columbia. Thanks go to:  The British Pain Society – the interviews in this episode were recorded at their 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting.  If you have any feedback about Airing Pain, you can leave us a review via our Airing Pain survey

    31 min
  3. How pain education is changing lives

    09/16/2025

    How pain education is changing lives

    'Now I’m in control of the pain instead of the pain being in control of me'This episode explores the transformative impacts of pain education classes. Featuring excerpts from a live education session, here we look at how a brief, free course—delivered by trained volunteers with lived experience—is empowering people to navigate life with chronic pain.   Listen to hear how patients are learning more about their pain and the toolbox of techniques available to manage it.  These sessions are the result of a unique collaboration between Pain Concern and the NHS. They are available both online and in person (in Glasgow, run by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s pain management team).  Book onto a free class/find out more information.   Watch Prof Lorimer Moseley's explanation of pain, as recommended in this episode. Contributors: Dr David Craig, Joan Melville, Georgina McDonald, Mairi McWilliams, Lindsay McLean, Heather Wallace.  This podcast has been produced in collaboration with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.   Pain Concern thanks the following funders for their unrestricted educational grants: Richer Sound; NHS Lothian Charity, The National Lottery Community Fund; The Hugh Fraser Foundation; The Trades House of Glasgow Commonweal Fund. If you have any feedback about Airing Pain, you can leave us a review via our Airing Pain survey.

    43 min
  4. Trail - Airing Pain 150: Pain Education Classes - Learn to live well with pain

    EPISODE 150

    Trail - Airing Pain 150: Pain Education Classes - Learn to live well with pain

    Airing Pain

    2 min
  5. Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity

    05/21/2025

    Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity

    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 psychological trauma or other stressful events actually change your immune system. Shafiq Skikander adds that a lot of patients with fibromyalgia may have had early life stressors. In addition, when they come to clinic presenting with fibromyalgia, they usually have a history of depression. So how does this happen? Gareth Hathway explains that slowly but surely, our understanding of the basic mechanisms is advancing. We now understand that babies do feel pain, young people do feel pain. It has a long-term consequence. We need a specialist approach to managing pain at every part of the life course. We need to think about how we measure that pain and how we treat that pain.The interviews were recorded at the British Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, 2024.Contributors: Shafiq Sikander, a professor of sensory neurophysiology at the William Harvey Research Institute, Queen Mary University, London.Gareth Hathway, professor of neuroscience at the University of Nottingham’s’ school of life sciences.Kathleen Sluka, a professor in physical therapy and rehabilitation science at the University of Iowa in the United States.ThanksThe interviews were recorded at the British Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting, 2024. This programme describes research using laboratory animals that is consistent with Pain Concern’s Humane Care and Use of Animals in Medical Research Policy. Additional Resources: You can join our Airing Pain online community:Airing Pain online communityIf you have any feedback about Airing Pain, you can leave us a review via our Airing Pain survey

    35 min
  6. Trail - Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity

    05/16/2025

    Trail - Airing Pain 149: Why pain persists: from childhood trauma to faulty immunity

    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?

    1 min
  7. Trail - Airing Pain - Exploring the links between hypermobility and neurodivergence

    EPISODE 148

    Trail - Airing Pain - Exploring the links between hypermobility and neurodivergence

    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 Disorder (DCD), and more.In this episode:  Dr. Clive Kelly discusses research on co-occurring conditions in neurodivergence, highlighting varied symptoms and how pain perception differs among individuals. Dr Jessica Eccles talks about her research into the relationship between joint hypermobility and neurodevelopmental conditions like ADHD and autism.  We hear from Ren Martin, an autistic learning disability nurse and mother of three neurodivergent children, and Ceri Reid of Parents Voices in Wales, advocating for better neurodiversity and mental health services. Throughout the episode, we hear from Imogen Warner, whose writings are featured in the Autistic Girls Network, and who highlights the reality of being a young autistic person. Contributors:  Dr. Clive Kelly, Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist, James Cook University Hospital and University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.  Dr Jessica Eccles, Reader in Brain-Body Medicine at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.  Ren Martin, neurodevelopmental specialist.  Ceri Reid, neurodivergent mother and founder of Parents Voices in Wales. Imogen Warner, student with lived experience of autism and chronic pain.  Jane Green MBE, founder of SEDSConnective We are immensely grateful to The British Humane Association and The Heather Hoy Charitable Trust whose generous grants made this podcast possible.

    2 min
  8. Airing Pain Short - Interview with Jason Wilsher-Mills

    05/02/2025 · BONUS

    Airing Pain Short - Interview with Jason Wilsher-Mills

    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"

    5 min
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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 fill in our survey. Pain Concern is a charity registered in Scotland SC023559.

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  • Creator
    Airing Pain
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    162
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Airing Pain

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