When Treating Pain, Mind the Knowledge Gap (Deepak Ravindran, MD)

Like Mind, Like Body

Curable Inc.

Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Why do modern pain science and treatment seem so different from one another right now? As a physician and consultant, Dr. Deepak Ravindran observes this gap across thousand of pain patients, providers, and organizations each year. On this episode, he explains how pain patients and practitioners alike can achieve better outcomes by closing their knowledge gaps about how pain really works. Join us to learn about the difference between pain and nociception, what fibromyalgia has in common with back pain, why trauma-informed care is the way of the future, and more.

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0:00.0	This is like mind, like body, a podcast about the surprising ways our thoughts and feelings can impact our physical health.
0:20.1	I'm your host, Laura Sago, and on each episode, I'll speak with researchers, physicians,
0:26.2	and ordinary people who have incredible stories to tell about the power of the mind-body connection.
0:33.9	This podcast is a part of the Curable Universe.
0:37.8	Curable creates science-backed healing and recovery programs for people with chronic pain.
0:43.6	And the information that you will find in this podcast is just a tiny slice of what you can learn with the Curable app.
0:52.0	Get started for free at curablehealth.com.
0:56.0	Today on the show, I am speaking with Dr. Deepak Ravindran. Dr. Ravendron is a pain physician
1:03.5	working in one of the largest district hospitals in the UK, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation
1:09.6	and Trust. He is also a fellow of the College of Royal
1:13.6	Anesthetists as well as the Faculty of Pain Medicine and has been acting as a consultant
1:19.6	in anesthesia and pain medicine for the past decade. In our interview, Dr. Robindran touches on
1:26.6	all sorts of useful metaphors and neuroscience tidbits
1:30.0	that are sure to help you understand chronic pain in a whole new light.
1:35.2	So let's go ahead and get to the good stuff.
1:48.8	Deepak, thank you for joining us today. I want to start off with a very basic question that I know you have given full lectures on
1:55.3	before.
1:56.8	What is the difference between no seception and pain and why is it important to understand this
2:02.8	difference?
2:04.9	Thank you, Laura, first of all, actually, for having me on Curable.
2:09.2	And it's been a pleasure to come on this podcast.
2:13.3	The word nociception has been around in the pain community for a really long time.
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