Pain Coach
Pain Coach
Podcast Description
Welcome to Pain Coach, the podcast designed to empower you to regain control of your pain treatment journey.In each episode, Lachlan Townend shares inspiring stories from individuals who have overcome the obstacles of pain, along with insights from health professionals dedicated to helping you reclaim your life. This podcast offers practical tools and guidance for those who refuse to let pain dictate their lives or steal their dreams.Pain Coach encourages you to find a health professional who acts as a coach—not a 'magic healer'—supporting you in your recovery journey. It’s time to step back into the driver’s seat and reclaim what pain has taken from you.DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only. The views expressed in this podcast do not constitute medical advice and are general in nature. You should obtain specific advice from a qualified health professional before acting on any of the information within this podcast.
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The podcast focuses on chronic pain management, personal recovery stories, and educational insights into pain science, with episodes discussing topics like mindfulness, graded exposure, and the role of emotional well-being in overcoming pain challenges. For example, Shane Brennan explores meditation's impact on his recovery from Ankylosing Spondylitis, while Ray Chen emphasizes mindfulness after his traumatic bike accident.
Welcome to Pain Coach, the podcast designed to empower you to regain control of your pain treatment journey.
In each episode, Lachlan Townend shares inspiring stories from individuals who have overcome the obstacles of pain, along with insights from health professionals dedicated to helping you reclaim your life. This podcast offers practical tools and guidance for those who refuse to let pain dictate their lives or steal their dreams.
Pain Coach encourages you to find a health professional who acts as a coach—not a ‘magic healer’—supporting you in your recovery journey. It’s time to step back into the driver’s seat and reclaim what pain has taken from you.
DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only. The views expressed in this podcast do not constitute medical advice and are general in nature. You should obtain specific advice from a qualified health professional before acting on any of the information within this podcast.
In this episode, Lachlan Townend is joined by Professor Mark Hutchinson to explore the complexities of pain from the cellular level through to lived human experience.
Mark shares his personal journey with chronic back pain, including the challenges of navigating healthcare as both a patient and a pain scientist. He discusses his cutting-edge research into how blood biomarkers could transform pain diagnosis and treatment – bringing us one step closer to precision, personalised medicine for pain.
We also dive into practical strategies like sleep, nutrition, mindfulness, and cold-water therapy, connecting them to the molecular science of how pain develops and persists. With passion and authenticity, Mark sheds light on why there’s more hope now than ever before.
Whether you’re a clinician, researcher, or someone living with pain, this conversation offers science, story, and hope in equal measure.
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