PAINCAST - a creative podcast  from the PAINSTORM  clinical research team and its patient partners  exploring  neuropathic pain and the impact of living with it. Presented and co-produced by BBC broadcaster and writer Fiona Talkington who lives with neuropathic pain.

 

 In Episode 2 she and co-producer Mark Smalley hear from: 

 

* Professor David Bennett - leader of the PAINSTORM research project

* BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner on 20 years of living with chronic neuropathic pain

* Clinical Psychologist Dr Whitney Scott from King’s College London and the INPUT Pain Unit, and PAINSTORM researcher on “navigating life alongside pain”.

* Professor Andrew Rice on 40 years of being at the forefront of pain research and pain management

* Dancer Anusha Subramanyam who helps Fiona explore her relationship with her pain through the medium of Indian dance.

 

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE PODCAST

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/whats-the-point-of-pain/p0gbsy0y
https://www.flippinpain.co.uk

 

 

BOOK

Michael Nicholas,  ‘Manage Your Pain’, Souvenir Press, 2001
 
 
 WHAT IS PAINCAST: NEUROPATHIC PAIN UNRAVELLED?

A collaborative podcast from the PAINSTORM research team exploring the experience of neuropathic pain.

Artwork: "The Pain of it All”,  Michele Angelo Petrone, Wellcome Foundation