It's the Pain Talking

Dr Emma Davies is a Consultant-credentialed Pharmacist specialising in pain management, analgesic optimisation, and safe prescribing. Working across primary and community care, she focuses on improving outcomes for people living with pain through advanced clinical practice, strategic service redesign, and national policy and guideline development. Her work combines hands-on patient care with leade...

Dr Barbara Phipps is a GP with over 25 years experience. She has a particular interest in lifestyle medicine and chronic pain. In 2020 Barbara started an NHS group programme in Edinburgh for people experiencing long term pain which she continues to run. She also works at the University of Edinburgh teaching in both undergraduate medicine and the postgraduate MSc in the Clinical Management of Pain....

Professor Antoni Chan is a Consultant Rheumatologist and Physician at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. He is also a Professor of Rheumatology and Translational Medicine. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London and a member of the British Society of Immunology. Professor Chan is a principal investigator for clinical research studies, which he hopes will lead to newer an...

Nazanin Derakhshan is a Professor of Experimental Psychology, Head of the Centre for Resilience and Post-traumatic Growth, and Head of the award winning Centre for Building Resilience in Breast Cancer (BRiC) at the National Centre for Integrative Oncology (NCIO), UK.   As part of her career, Naz spent 18 years in the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck University of London, UK, where...

Inder started his career in the fast-paced world of fine dining, working alongside top chefs like Heston Blumenthal and Brett Graham at The Ledbury. But in his early twenties, life took an unexpected turn when he developed chronic fatigue syndrome. The next six years were spent on a challenging journey to reclaim his health. That experience completely reshaped his path and led him to retrain as a...

Helen Roome (BSc (OT) Hons / PG. Dip. Int. Pain Mgmt. / MA (VP) Theology / Prac. Dip. Labour Law.) is a registered Occupational Therapist supporting adults living with persistent pain and/or fatigue. Her expertise in pain management builds on more than 25 years of broad clinical experience in both adult physical and psychiatric rehabilitation; as well as her completion of post-graduate studies in...

This episode includes discussions about PTSD and trauma, which might be sensitive or triggering for some. We believe in the importance of these topics and their impact on mental health awareness. However, we also recognise the importance of self-care. If at any point you find the content too distressing, please feel free to pause, skip, or stop listening. Take care of yourself and seek support if...

Disclaimer: In this episode, we discuss trauma and trauma-related topics. Please prioritise self-care and stop watching listening if this is a sensitive topic for you. This conversation should not be viewed as providing any diagnosis or treatment advice for trauma or other medical conditions. If you need professional support, please reach out to the official healthcare/mental health providers of y...

Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel MB BChir MA Hons (Cantab) FBANT DipIM DipCHM PGCert IFMCP DipION RYT300 Personalised & Integrative Medicine Doctor, Scientist and Educator Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel is an award-winning Oxbridge-trained integrative medicine doctor, scientist and educator with over a decade’s experience in integrative healthcare. Dr Fuller-Shavel is the Co-Chair of BSIO (British Society for Int...

Dr. Heather Martarella is an expert on helping clients reclaim their lives and find relief from chronic pain and insomnia/sleep issues. Dr. Martarella became passionate about specializing in chronic pain after experiencing her own physical injury in 2012, which left her with chronic pain for years.  In this conversation, we talked about:  Sleep and insomnia  Conditioning and brain associations The...

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 Pa...

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 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 individua...