"I always tell my patients with chronic pain that I understand what they're going through and there's a toolbox where we need to combine the tools to fix their pain system." said Dr. Andrea. If you want to learn more how Neuroplasticity can help you with your pain, listen to this episode.

Dr. Andrea Furlan is a physician-scientist and Associate Professor at University of Toronto, Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on chronic pain management, including diagnosis, treatment and education. She was the team leader who developed the Canadian Opioid Guideline in 2010. She is the author of the Opioid Manager and My Opioid Manager, tools to help prescribers and patients use opioids safely for chronic non-cancer pain. Dr. Furlan is Co-Chair of ECHO Ontario Chronic Pain and Opioid Stewardship - a telementoring project aimed at teaching clinicians in rural/underserved areas how to help patients with chronic pain live better lives.