The Most Painful Podcast

Many veterans and many listeners to this show suffer from back pain. Many have asked does surgery help with back pain? Or are there other therapies which may help with back pain vs surgery? To help answer this question Tom Hoppe is joined by Dr. Brian Drew For more about Chronic Pain Centre of Exellence visit https://www.veteranschronicpain.ca/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chronicpainCOE Twit...

Research has shown veterans who suffer with chronic pain may also suffer with an OSI injury. When one suffers from chronic pain and an operational stress injury it can severally impact quality of life and create stress within the family. On today’s show Tom Hoppe is joined by Steve Critchley founder of CanPraxis a non for profit organization helping veterans and their families who are struggling w...

Military members have all their healthcare needs taken care of while they are in service, but what happens when the members leave the military? How smooth is the transition to the civilian medical system? especially with a shortage of family doctors? How do veterans navigate the medical system to ensure they get the care they need for service-related injuries? What do civilian clinicians need to u...

Chronic pain is pain that typically persists for 90 days and can also be associated with with a procedure or injury when healing fails to progress as expected. On this episode of the Most Painful Podcast we discuss inter-disciplinary pain clinics. Our guests are Dr. Ramesh Zacharias – CEO, President and Medical Director at the Chronic Pain Centre of Excellence for Canadian Veterans Dr. Brenda Lau...

When a person gets into the military culture, their identity changes, their mindset changes to mission-first, self-last. How does that impact how they manage and view chronic pain? In this episode of The Most Painful Podcast, we're joined by Dr. Melanie Noel – Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary, and Hélène Le Scelleur – Veteran and Recipient of the 2021 Capacit...

People who live with chronic pain suffer greatly, and it impacts their quality of life. There are many treatments available and medications that will help people with chronic pain. One that’s been talked about over a number of years, is cannabis. But does cannabis actually work? Is it effective? To help answer these questions, we’re joined by two guests: Dr. Jason Busse – Research Director at the...

Many Canadians are living with chronic pain. And chronic pain can impact a person's quality of life. Studies have shown that Canadian military Veterans suffer from chronic pain twice that of the Canadian population. Why is that? This episode of the Most Painful Podcast will dive into the research and, to do so, we talk to Dr. Ramesh Zacharias, who is the CEO of the Chronic Pain Center of Excellenc...

Tom Hoppe is your host of the MOST PAINFUL PODCAST. “I'm a veteran myself and I've been involved with veteran advocacy for 18 plus years. I got involved with the chronic pain center of excellence just as they were starting up. And they were talking about paying navigators or coaches, which I've done some work with veterans. That's how our relationship is. The room was full of researchers. Clinicia...