Pain Speak
The Pain Speak podcast is presented by Dr Deepak Ravindran, a full time NHS Consultant specialising in Pain, Anaesthesia, MSK and Lifestyle Medicine. Dr Ravindran is also the author of the book, 'The Pain Free Mindset'. In this podcast Dr Ravindran explores all things related to pain including physical, emotional and social issues. He also looks at the neuroscience of pain and the fantastic advances which have been made in this area of medicine. He also discusses the business of healthcare and pain management. This podcast is all about open and honest discussion and helping find solutions to complex pain problems. For plain speak on pain - this is Pain Speak.
Episodes
29 episodes
Pain Reprocessing Therapy Part 3 - Separating the hope and hype
In this solo episode, I explore Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), a novel approach to managing chronic pain that focuses on changing the brain's interpretation of pain signals. I compare PRT with existing therapies like Cognitive Behavioral ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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35:49
Pain Reprocessing Therapy Part 2 - A Lived Experience View
In this deeply human episode of PainSpeak, I’m joined by Fiona Symington, who shares her lived experience of chronic fatigue and persistent pain symptoms — and, importantly, what recovery felt like from the inside and what...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:08:04
Pain Reprocessing Therapy Part 1 - Pain Protection and Safety
What if chronic pain isn’t a sign of damage — but a learned alarm the nervous system can unlearn?In this episode of PainSpeak, I’m joined by Caroline Davies, a specialist pain physiotherapist with over 2...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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1:00:44
Voices in Pain - Prof Denis Martin
My guest for this episode is Professor Denis Martin, Professor of Rehabilitation. He is Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation, Lifestyle medicine and Human performance at Teesside university. With academic roots at the University of Ulster ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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58:29
Voices in Pain - Lee Vaughn
My guest for todays episode is Lee Vaughn, a lived experience Expert and Health and Well Being Coach. Lee has navigated over 30 years living with persistent pain, transforming his experience into a source of advocacy, educati...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:07:11
Voices in Pain - Prof Cormac Ryan
Welcome back to the new Season of the Pain Speak Podcast. This season is titled "Voices In Pain" and the focus of this season is to shine a spotlight on various organisations and people who are making a difference to pain management in t...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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1:28:00
Overcoming pain - Why a Lifestyle medicine focussed approach could help
Generated by Notebook LM. Pls forgive the initial hyperbole generated by the AI about my credentials!!! (sounds very cringy when I heard it but cant do much about that as the rest was very good!)Recently presented at the 2024 Life...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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15:40
Overcoming Pain - Chronic pelvic pain - An overview
Chronic Pelvic Pain and Lifestyle FactorsThis Notebook LM summary provides an overview of chronic pelvic pain based on a couple of key resources and a presentation that I gave on Chronic pelvic pain to health care professionals. I highli...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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22:54
Overcoming pain - An overview of deprescribing analgesics
This podcast, generated by Notebook LM based on a presentation I did earlier discusses the importance of deprescribing and provides practical strategies for implementing this process in the context of analgescis and polypharmacy especial...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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12:34
Overcoming Pain - Diving deep into CRPS
Dr. Ravindran's presentation, "Complex regional pain syndrome: Trauma informed CRPS Care An integrated approach," focuses on trauma-informed care for CRPS patients. This was presented at the UK annual conference organised by CRPS UK. Thi...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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10:27
Overcoming Pain - Diving deep
This presentation on Pain Management 101 is an overview of how to change the mindset across healthcare concerning chronic pain. Dr. Deepak Ravindran's presentation explains the biology of pain, chronic pain, and its treatment. Dr. Ravindran als...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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14:18
Longcovid - How to beat Brain Fog Part 2 with Dr Sabina Brennan
Welcome to the second part of this 2 part episode where I speak to Dr Sabina Brennan. a clinical psychologist, neuroscientist, fellow podcaster and best selling author of the book on how to beat Brain Fog. As we know, Brain fog an...
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44:32
Longcovid - How to beat Brain Fog Part 1 with Dr Sabina Brennan
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. It has been 7 months now and we are still learning everyda...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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45:10
Pain Speak Special - The Painful Truth with Dr Monty Lyman
Welcome to a Pain Speak Special focussing on a new book on pain "The Painful Truth" by Oxford based junior doctor and academic scholar Dr Monty Lyman released on 15th July. This becomes the 7th book on pain released in the UK in just the 6 mont...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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42:54
Longcovid - Chat with Darren Brown Co-Founder of LongCovid Physio
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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51:02
Longcovid - What can be done about loss of taste and smell?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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36:46
Longcovid - Viewpoints from occupational health services
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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32:56
Longcovid - What are the effects on the brain?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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25:29
Longcovid - What is the role of the occupational therapist?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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27:02
Longcovid - How can the respiratory therapist help you?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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32:47
Longcovid - What is the role of the fatigue and pain physiotherapist?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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24:04
Longcovid - Discussion with GP Anthony Collins BLIS
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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46:37
Longcovid - What do patients feel and want from a service?
It has been a hugely gratifying and humbling experience to get the chance to set up the Longcovid Service for Berkshire and work with a great team from primary and community care. We have learnt a lot and are continuing to learn as we hel...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:16:16
Q&A: Do We Still Need Injections And Surgeries?
I'm here to answer more questions that have come to light since the release of my book, 'The Pain Free Mindset'. In this episode I discuss the role of drugs, injections and surgery in dealing with pain. While there is an important role ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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16:13
Q&A: What Are The Biggest Causes Of Pain?
In this episode I continue to answer questions have arisen since the launch of my book, 'The Pain Free Mindset'.The first question I tackle at 1:10 is "What does 'trauma informed practice' actually mean?"The next question I try ...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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13:16