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A new month arrives for the STA Clinician Podcast, and with it a new focus topic: ‘Understanding Pain in 2026’. In this first part of four episodes, host Matt Phillips of runchatlive.com is joined by Dr. Bronnie Lennox Thompson (Occupation Therapist, Psychologist, Academic Coordinator, Postgraduate Programmes in Pain & Pain Management at University of Otago, New Zealand, Mentor & Content Expert for Modern Pain Care) and Ben Whybrow (Pain Specialist Physiotherapist in the NHS, Communication Skills Facilitator for Cambridge Medical School, host of “Clinical Communication Podcast,” Community Manager & Content Expert for Modern Pain Care).
With so much changing & evolving information out there regarding pain, how to explain it, when to treat it, HOW to treat it, it can often be tricky for healthcare professionals to stay up-to-date, but we must as we have an ethical, moral, and professional obligation to stay current with modern understandings of pain, in order to provide competent, compassionate, evidence‑based care.
But fear that, for that’s what this month is all about. Dr. Bronnie L. Thompson & Ben Whybrow review recent shifts in pain science, discuss the limits of over-explaining neurobiology, and why context matters more than lecture-style patient education. The conversation focuses on practical approaches: ask patients their main concerns, prioritize collaborative problem-solving and graded doing over long explanations.
Chapter Markers:
- 00:00:00 – Welcome to the STA Clinician Podcast
- 00:00:20 – Welcome to the STA Better Clinician Podcast
- 00:04:04 – Introducing Dr. Bronnie L. Thompson & Ben Whybrow
- 00:07:12 – The Role of Communication in Pain Management
- 00:15:16 – Shifts in Pain Understanding
- 00:20:52 – The Importance of Hope
- 00:24:07 – Rethinking Pain Treatment Approaches
- 00:31:54 – The Power of Doing
- 00:35:38 – Engaging with Patients’ Concerns
- 00:42:06 – Addressing Patients’ Main Concerns
- 00:45:51 – Confidence in Moving Again
- 00:53:28 – Practical Tips for Clinicians
- 00:59:37 – Conclusion and Future Discussions
Useful Links
- Dr. Bronnie L. Thompson – Blog: healthskills.wordpress.com
- Dr. Bronnie L. Thompson on Facebook: @bronnie.thompson
- Dr. Bronnie L. Thompson on Instagram: @bronniethompson
- Ben Whybrow on Instagram: @BWhybrowPhysio
- Clinical Communication Podcast on Spotify: ClinicalCommunicationPodcast
- Modern Pain Care Website: modernpaincare.com
Guests in Future episodes:
Part 2 – Wednesday February 11th
- Professor Dave Newell – Head of The Centre for Pain & Active Inference Research at Health Sciences University,
- Anna Maria Mazzieri – Director of The ST School & current PhD student at Health Sciences University
Part 3 – Tuesday February 17th
- Dr. Rachel Dewar-Haggart – Postdoctoral Qualitative Researcher within the Medical Sociology & Health Experiences Research Group at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
Part 4 – Wednesday February 25th
- Dr. Rachel Zoffness – Pain scientist, International Speaker, Science Writer, with her new book “Tell Me Where It Hurts” coming out March 26th
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