In this week’s podcast episode, join fx Medicine ambassador Dr Adrian Lopresti and physiotherapist, counsellor, and chronic pain patient, Anjelo Ratnachandra as they discuss the complexities of living with chronic pain.
Feeling pain is a natural response of the body to protect further damage to tissues and reduce injury and to allow healing to occur. Pain is an alarm system designed for self-preservation. However, when pain becomes chronic or abnormal, this complex and potentially life-saving function can be disabling, stressful, and incapacitating. Pain can turn into nature’s curse, affecting sleep, work, education, social life, and everyday tasks.1,2
Join fx Medicine Ambassador Lisa Costa-Bir and gynaecologist Dr. Peta Wright as they explore the multifactorial causes of chronic pelvic pain in women, and how treating the whole person can provide significant improvement in symptoms and long-term management.
Dr. Lily Tomas explores the complexities of fibromyalgia including chronic inflammation, risk factors, and the role of mitochondria, mast cells, microglia, and the brain.
Professor Peter Drummond, Director of the Centre for Research on Chronic Pain, takes us through the connections between sleep, mood, emotions, and pain.
Following on from Part 1 of our Four Perspectives series, Professor Lesley Braun and our four FX Medicine Ambassadors dive deeper into the therapeutic management of chronic pain and inflammation.
Chronic pain, an insidious and wide-reaching health concern, affects up to 68% of working age people in Australia. The mechanics of chronic pain differ vastly to that of acute pain. Join the discussion in detail with Professor Lesley Braun facilitating the FX Medicine ambassadors in part 1 of Four Perspectives: Chronic Pain and Inflammation.
Dr. Lily Tomas explores the complexities of fibromyalgia , including chronic inflammation, risk factors, and the role of mitochondria, mast cells, microglia, and the brain.