Looking forward to #ispp2025!

Yes…5 simple skills to start self managing your pain. Ask your health care provider to support you to learn them. If they don’t know, you or they can learn them via the Pain Toolkit Academy paintoolkit.thinkific.com #SelfmgtLIVING-Works

Are you an AHP working with children and young people experiencing chronic pain? This three-session course will give you the knowledge and skills to provide effective, evidence-based support. Only £30! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

Are you an AHP working with children and young people experiencing chronic pain? This three-session course will give you the knowledge and skills to provide effective, evidence-based support. Only £30! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/understand...

We talk a lot about why adolescent girls report more low mood and anxiety, and why this might be getting worse. But what do girls themselves think might explain this? As you might have guessed, we don’t really know. So, we asked them: doi.org/10.1186/s129... 1/8

🌍 Webinar Alert 📆25th March 2025 🕰️6:00 - 8:00 pm 🔊Joint webinar: Association of Anaesthetists & BPS: Post-Surgical pain - what you need to know in 2025 📩Register here: britishpainsociety.org/resources/bp...

A recent article discusses new recomendations for clinical trials focused on chronic pain in children and adolescents. This initiative, led by the Core Outcomes in Pediatric Persistent Pain (Core-OPPP) Workgroup, aims to improve how pain and related experiences are assessed in young patients.

Don’t miss ISPP 2025 in Glasgow, UK! From 17–20 June, connect with professionals dedicated to advancing pain care for infants, children, and adolescents. Secure your spot today: bit.ly/3UDnTjd #PediatricPain #ISPP2025

Great and practical information from clinical and research experts on Pain and Autism www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikO7...

A recent article discusses new recomendations for clinical trials focused on chronic pain in children and adolescents. This initiative, led by the Core Outcomes in Pediatric Persistent Pain (Core-OPPP) Workgroup, aims to improve how pain and related experiences are assessed in young patients.

We discuss: • Her background and Career • The impact of Chronic Pain on School Functioning • Developmental Differences • Predictors of School Functioning • Pain-Related Factors & school functioning • School Accommodations • How parents and schools can help participation

🌟In this episode, we welcome Dr. Deirdre Logan, a pediatric psychologist from Boston Children's Hospital as our special guest, to discuss the impact of chronic pain on school functioning in children and adolescents. Listen in your favourite podcast app or here: shorturl.at/9Ope3 🌟

🌟In this episode, we welcome Dr. Deirdre Logan, a pediatric psychologist from Boston Children's Hospital as our special guest, to discuss the impact of chronic pain on school functioning in children and adolescents. Listen in your favourite podcast app or here: shorturl.at/9Ope3 🌟

The next What a Pain Podcast will be with Deirdre Logan from Boston about school functioning in children and young people with chronic pain.

Best thing parents report in the middle of an intensive rehabilitation programme? “I can see glimpses of my old child again….”

More evidence that trust in the medical doctor helps the patient’s acute pain experience #acutepain academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...

Cognitive Tasks and Pain: A few patients have recently told me that sustained cognitive activities, like focused reading, can exacerbate chronic pain and other physical symptoms. They feel that this kind of cognitive exertion can be as taxing as physical activity for them,

🌟 Podcast no 10 🌟Special guest Dr. Jane McNicholas shares her top book pick and dives into mental health aspects in pain management. Discussion on the intersection of pain management and mental health. Search for 'What a Pain' in your favourite podcast app

Young people advising others with chronic pain. This amazing animation was co-developed with young people with chronic pain, their parents, and clinicians at the Oxford Centre for Children & Young People in Pain. Thank you @hinzeverena.bsky.social mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW-YHWvB_lU

Young people advising others with chronic pain. This amazing animation was co-developed with young people with chronic pain, their parents, and clinicians at the Oxford Centre for Children & Young People in Pain. Thank you @hinzeverena.bsky.social mhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW-YHWvB_lU

In two episodes we talk to special guest Sofiah Fateh, who is now 18 but developed chronic pain aged 12. She is remarkably mature and reflective. These interviews may be interesting to pain patients and healthcare professionals shows.acast.com/what-a-pain/...

🌟 Podcast no 10 🌟Special guest Dr. Jane McNicholas shares her top book pick and dives into mental health aspects in pain management. Discussion on the intersection of pain management and mental health. Search for 'What a Pain' in your favourite podcast app

BBC News - Stephen Fry treated his chronic pain 'as a friend' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Had fun speaking about the upsides of pain on @bbcworldservice.bsky.social recently www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Pull up a seat and listen to Pete and professional interviewer @ronniebarbour.bsky.social Episode 5 Pain & Sleep - Pain & Work by Pain Toolkit on #SoundCloud on.soundcloud.com/ML6UM1qHMYXL... #SelfmgtLIVING-Works

Once again, a little bit of accommodation would save years of expense for the system (not to mention helping people be their best selves). This should be obvious!

From the What a Pain Podcast with Suellen Walker about neuropathic pain....

shows.acast.com/what-a-pain/... 🌟 Episode 1 of season 2 of the What a Pain Podcast! Konrad discusses the role of AI in pain management. Special guest Katy Vincent talks about Pelvic Pain in teenagers and young adults. She discusses many different facets of this complex issue. Worth a listen!🌟

Fantastic paper here about young people’s experiences of pain. Qualitative research presented in poetic form and translated to multiple languages by my fantastic colleague Dr Francine Toye pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432809/

From the What a Pain Podcast:

Very interesting study about the relationship between pain and fatigue. It involved 1276 students from 3 German secondary schools with data collected at 2 points 3 months apart. Validated questionnaires were used to measure fatigue, sleep quality, psychological distress, HRQoL, and pain variables

wanting to fill my feed with some interesting new articles: post an article or case you find interesting . I will go first publications.aap.org/pediatrics/a...

Episode 9, season 1 of the What a Pain podcast was with Navil Sethna, paediatric pain management pioneer, anaesthetist, clinical Director, Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center, Boston who talks about interdisciplinary pain programmes. #chronicpain shows.acast.com/what-a-pain/...

Long wait for NHS mental healthcare has ‘stark consequences for children’s life chances’

🌟A captivating episode of the What a Pain podcast with Chris Eccleston from Bath University! An influential academic, he unpacks the 4 key themes of the ground-breaking Lancet Commission: Making pain matter, understood, visible, and better. Listen in your favourite podcast app!

We conducted a qualitative study exploring the *individual* barriers adolescents face in achieving functional recovery from chronic pain. Using the 'Passenger on the Bus' metaphor, we aimed to identify the challenges that hinder their engagement with age-appropriate activities. #ChronicPain #ACT

Great article. Biomarkers can add depth to how we measure the success of pain management. They offer objective insights into stress and pain reduction. But are they always clinically necessary?

Is sharing our writing a thing here? 😊 Proud of this piece because it represents the work of so many trying to make medicine and communication better for our patients. #MedSky www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/action/showP...

The Pain Toolkit #Podcast on Podbean, check it out! Ideal for learners who prefer Audio or people with a visual impairment. 16Episodes www.podbean.com/wlpi/dir-syv... #SelfmgtLIVING-Works

In Great Britain (2023/24), 1.7 million working people suffering from a work-related illness, of which 543,000 workers suffering from a work-related #musculoskeletal disorder. www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/o...

Submit your oral and poster abstracts for ISPP 2025, 17-20 June in Glasgow, by 15 December. Share your pediatric pain research with leading experts and foster key connections. Details: bit.ly/3NU6oXV #ISPP2025 #PediatricPain

Our Topical Review in PAIN on body image, sex, gender and pain is now published. Have a read to see how we think these ideas may be linked, and let us know what you think. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltex...

Hi friends- creating a Pain Science & Medicine starter pack!! 💥 ✅ interdisciplinary group ✅ scientists, educators, clinicians ✅ Please LMK if you'd like to be included. Tag anyone in the comments who should be part of this group. 🙏🏼 #medsky #psyscisky #PainSky #newbeginnings 🧠 go.bsky.app/4r8uAeG

Chronic pain after surgery is a significant issue that can profoundly impact the lives of children. In this podcast, Dr Fiona Campbell from The Hospital for Sick Children shares her expertise on persistent post-surgical pain. Search for What a Pain in your podcast app. #ChronicPain #postsurgicalpain

Cognitive Tasks and Pain: A few patients have recently told me that sustained cognitive activities, like focused reading, can exacerbate chronic pain and other physical symptoms. They feel that this kind of cognitive exertion can be as taxing as physical activity for them.