Beyond the Ache

Beyond the Ache

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Beyond the Ache episodes

  • Beyond The Ache - Episode 5: The Future of Pain Research
    with Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner & Prof. Dr. Uli Brödl
    Can we achieve a World Free of Pain?
    In the final episode of Beyond the Ache, Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner, Head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Research at University Hospital Würzburg, and Prof. Dr. Uli Brödl, CSO of Grünenthal, discuss where pain research is heading.
    Drawing on decades of combined experience, they share some of the most promising developments in pain research and discuss sodium channel blockers, biomarkers, and the role of AI. Most importantly, they show how science, industry and patients need to work together toward one shared vision: a world free of pain.
    To understand pain from A to Z, watch all five episodes of Beyond the Ache.
    35 min
  • Beyond The Ache - Episode 4: Pain and Mental Health
    with neuroscientist and health psychologist Dr. Emma Biggs
    How do thoughts, beliefs and emotions shape the experience of chronic pain?
    In Episode 4 of Beyond the Ache, neuroscientist and health psychologist Dr. Emma Biggs takes us beyond the physical experience of pain and explores the psychological dimension.
    Taking a psychological perspective, we learn that it is often not the pain itself that leads people to seek therapy, but the impact it has on their lives. We explore why pain is experienced differently when it is chosen rather than imposed, and why one of the most powerful tools for living with pain is something from within: self-compassion.
    To really look Beyond the Ache, tune in to all five episodes of our podcast series.
    26 min
  • Beyond the Ache - Episode 3: Cultural Perspective on Pain
    with philosophy and neuroscience researcher Dr Sabrina Coninx
    Can the way we talk about pain change how we experience it?
    People express the experience of pain in different ways, depending on their culture. In Episode 3 of Beyond the Ache, we speak with philosophy and neuroscience researcher Dr Sabrina Coninx, who shows us how culture and chronic pain are intertwined.
    We explore how pain goes beyond biology and is shaped by culture, beliefs and social environments, how Christians may experience less pain when looking at images of the Mother of Christ, and why patients with chronic pain still find that their subjective accounts are not always taken seriously.
    To get the full picture, tune in to all five episodes of Beyond the Ache.
    34 min
  • Beyond The Ache - Episode 2: Living with chronic pain
    with chronic pain patient and advocate Helene Anschütz
    What are the experiences of chronic pain patients?
    In the second episode of Beyond the Ache, Living with Pain, we explore what it means to live with chronic pain every day. Helene Anschütz, chronic pain patient and advocate, shares her insights and why she often heard sentences like "You don’t really look like you’re ill“.
    Helene takes us on her journey of living with a sometimes invisible condition, having to explain herself over and over again, and navigating the impact pain can have on relationships with the people you are closest to. She also shares how opening up about her journey not only helped her find a community but also allowed her to turn her experience into a source of strength.
    Tune in to all five episodes of Beyond the Ache to get the bigger picture of living with chronic pain.
    33 min
  • Beyond The Ache - Episode 1: The Science of Pain
    with Prof. Heike Rittner, Head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Research at University Hospital Würzburg
    What happens in our brain when pain becomes chronic?
    In Episode 1 of Beyond the Ache, Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner, Professor and Head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Research at University Hospital Würzburg, explains why pain is experienced differently, how chronic pain changes the brain, and what current research reveals about the future of pain management.
    Learn how the body's warning system can remain active long after an injury has healed, why chronic pain might be invisible while the brain remains in constant alarm mode, and how new discoveries at the molecular level could shape future approaches to pain care.
    Make sure to watch all five episodes of Beyond the Ache to explore all the various perspectives of the chronic pain experience.
    28 min

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Chronic pain is like an alarm bell that never stops ringing. For many patients, this alarm can't be turned off. In Beyond the Ache, Grünenthal's podcast series hosted by Jennifer Sarah Boone,…