What a Pain in the Brain – mind and body
“What does it matter what we think?” That’s the question Dr. Tor Wager has spent years in the research lab trying to answer. Listen as he breaks down the placebo…
chronic pain management
Research provides new blueprint for chronic pain care
Research provides new blueprint for chronic pain care Article by Matt Woodley 23/05/2022 3:40:25 PM The framework promotes person-centred care and aims to support clinicians treating the one in five…
Chronic Pain Management using Virtual Reality
Technology is advancing and scientists are now evaluating if chronic paina management using virtual reality can be effective. The following article was published on the ABC News website Chronic pain…
President’s Monthly Musings – Feb 2023 Search for Hope
This month has been a big one in our household. Patrick’s pain on both sides of his face is back with a vengeance. The gamma knife treatment he had back…
Thinking and Depression: Changing Negative Thought Patterns
Thinking and Depression: Changing Negative Thought Patterns By Wesley Buch, Ph.D., R. Psych. Pain and the problems associated with pain – sleep disturbance, limitations, losses, conflict, and stressful circumstances –…
Airing Pain 134 – Warwick Study Of Mental Defeat In Chronic Pain
What is mental defeat and does it have an impact on the experiences of those living with pain? In this edition of Airing Pain, Paul Evans interviews the team at the Warwick…
Chronic Pain Podcasts
Sometimes it can be extremely tiring and stressful reading detailed information about chronic pain, and the many ways to reduce the impact chronic pain has on the quality of life.…
Chronic Pain Online Tool
As an Association we are constantly looking for programs which can support sufferers of trigeminal neuralgia by utilising chronic pain online tools. Below are details taken from a new program…
Catastrophizing – how to stop making yourself depressed
It is easy when you are coping with chronic pain to see the worst scenarios in everything around you. Your mind sets off on a flight of fancy and before…
The Dialectic of Pain: Synthesizing Acceptance and change
Dr. Deborah Barrett offers a framework and tools to help people improve their quality of life, just as they are, while also reducing pain and suffering. Her work draws from…
