It's the Pain Talking

Dr. Pate, in his own words, "in the daytime, works as a lecturer in physiotherapy at the University of Technology Sydney and by night, creates learning resourses like children’s books and online animations". His Ted-ed animations include the The Fascinating Science of Phantom Limbs and The Mysterious Science of Pain. He has recently published his children’s book series “Zoe and Zack’s Pain Hacks". Each of these five books explores a key learning outcome of pain science education. He is also the co-founder of the One Thing Platform, which is a video platform of brief interviews with pain speakers sharing their one thing.

Episode resources:
Dr. Joshua Pate's website: https://joshuawpate.com
Zoe and Zaks Pain Hacks: https://www.noigroup.com/product/zoe-and-zaks-pain-hacks/
The Fascinating Science of Phantom Limbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdihphPp1Q0
The Mysterious Science of Pain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eakyDiXX6Uc
Concept of Pain Inventory: https://joshuawpate.com/concept-of-pain-inventory/

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In this episode, we talked about so many diverse and interesting topics including: 

• Relearning how we think about pain 
• Complexity of pain 
• Factors contributing to chronicity of pain
• The Pain-Free Mindset
• Is pain always an indication of danger? 
• Pain as protection
• Top-down and bottom up signaling
• The embodied self
• Integrative approach to pain 
• Patient empowerment 
• Harnessing the power of community in managing chronic health 

Dr Deepak Ravindran has over 20 years of experience in helping people overcome their pain – in the NHS and private practice. He is one of the few consultants in the UK who possesses triple certification in lifestyle medicine, musculoskeletal medicine and pain medicine. He has been a consultant in pain medicine since 2010 in one of the biggest district general medical hospitals, the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. He is currently the clinical lead for the specialist pain services for all of West Berkshire since 2015. In 2020, he helped set up the Berkshire Long Covid Integrated service, one of 90 such clinics in the UK to look after Long Covid patients.

For more information about Dr. Ravindran's work please visit his website:
https://deepakravindran.co.uk

You can purchase Dr. Ravindran's book "The Pain-Free Mindset" on: 
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1785043390/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_SFSAP88BB24HVJ5XX6KS

You can contact Nilbon on: 
Instagram: @nilbonplatform
LinkedIn: Nilbon or Niloofar Borghei Razavi
Website: nilbon.com
Email: [email protected] 

In this episode, we talk about Dr. Harrison's background and research interests, the difference between injury and pain, and the role of mindfulness in pain management.

Dr. Harrison is a psychologist and the Co-Head of CINN Pain Lab at the university of Reading. His reserach focuses predominately on pain, examining psychological processes underlying how pain is processed, as well as individual differences in the ability to modulate (or control) the experience of pain. 

Resources mentioned in the episode:

https://www.iasp-pain.org
https://www.britishpainsociety.org
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pain-Free-Mindset-Control-Overcoming-Chronic/dp/1785043390 
https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/22813/the-challenge-of-pain-by-ronald-melzack-and-patrick-d-wall/9780140256703 
http://richaharrison.com

You can contact Nilbon on: 
Instagram: @nilbonplatform
LinkedIn: Nilbon or Niloofar Borghei Razavi
Website: nilbon.com
Email: [email protected]