Why Team Approach Matters: Interdisciplinary Care for Chronic Pain

Why Team Approach Matters: Interdisciplinary Care for Chronic Pain

Why a team approach matters: interdisciplinary care for chronic pain Living with pain is exhausting. It affects our sleep, mood, work and family life. You are not alone—chronic pain is common in Ireland—and there are ways to improve life with pain. One of the most...
Elevating patient voices at EFIC World Congress 2025

Elevating patient voices at EFIC World Congress 2025

Elevating patient voices at EFIC World Congress 2025 Blog by Niamh Walsh From 24 to 26 April, I attended the 14th EFIC World Congress in Lyon, France as a board member of Chronic Pain Ireland. The annual 3-day Congress brings the latest in pain management and research...
This winter embrace liberation, not hibernation – chronic pain

This winter embrace liberation, not hibernation – chronic pain

As cold weather and dark skies arise, we may be tempted to hibernate – staying home and keeping cosy as much as possible. This seems like an intuitive way to care for ourselves.However, living with chronic pain, it becomes easy to gradually and unconsciously reduce...
Exercise and chronic pain – Debunking myths

Exercise and chronic pain – Debunking myths

Exercise and chronic pain – Debunking myths Being physically active has a positive influence on both our physical and mental health. Living with chronic pain can make trying to achieve your weekly quota of physical activity extremely challenging. This challenge...
Empower yourself by taking an active role in your pain management

Empower yourself by taking an active role in your pain management

Empower yourself. Take an active role in pain management strategies. Living with chronic pain is challenging, especially if we are wholly reliant on the medical world to do everything for us. In this situation it’s easy to feel powerless, helpless and start to lose...
Mindfulness and Chronic Pain: How It Helps

Mindfulness and Chronic Pain: How It Helps

Mindfulness and Chronic Pain: How It Helps “As long as you are breathing there is more right with you than wrong with you.” Jon Kabat-Zinn The above quote from Jon Kabat-Zinn, the creator of the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programme, is a good way to sum up...
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