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Beyond the Ache

Grünenthal

Chronic pain is like an alarm bell that never stops ringing. For many patients, this alarm can't be turned off. In Beyond the Ache, Grünenthal's podcast series hosted by Jennifer Sarah Boone, patients, scientists and healthcare experts explore across five episodes why chronic pain is so complex and what new perspectives and opportunities may offer hope for the future. Each episode focuses on one guest and one perspective: Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner, pain medicine expert at University Hospital Würzburg, patient advocate Helene Anschütz, philosophy & culture researcher Prof. Dr. Sabrina Coninx, health psychologist & neuroscientist Dr. Emma Biggs, and Prof. Dr. Uli Brödl, Chief Scientific Officer at Grünenthal.

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  • September 15 · 33 min

    Episode 3: Cultural Perspective on Pain, Dr. Sabrina Coninx

    Can the way we talk about pain change how we experience it? People express the experience of pain in different ways, depending on their culture. In Episode 3 of Beyond the Ache, we speak with philosophy and neuroscience researcher Dr Sabrina Coninx, who shows us how culture and chronic pain are intertwined. We explore how pain goes beyond biology and is shaped by culture, beliefs and social environments, how Christians may experience less pain when looking at images of the Mother of Christ, and why patients with chronic pain still find that their subjective accounts are not always taken seriously. To get the full picture, tune in to all five episodes of Beyond the Ache.

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  • September 8 · 32 min

    Episode 2: Living With Pain, Helene Anschütz

    What are the experiences of chronic pain patients? In the second episode of Beyond the Ache, Living with Pain, we explore what it means to live with chronic pain every day. Helene Anschütz, chronic pain patient and advocate, shares her insights and why she often heard sentences like "You don’t really look like you’re ill“. Helene takes us on her journey of living with a sometimes invisible condition, having to explain herself over and over again, and navigating the impact pain can have on relationships with the people you are closest to. She also shares how opening up about her journey not only helped her find a community but also allowed her to turn her experience into a source of strength. Tune in to all five episodes of Beyond the Ache to get the bigger picture of living with chronic pain.

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  • August 31 · 27 min

    Episode 1: The Science of Pain, Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner

    What happens in our brain when pain becomes chronic? In Episode 1 of Beyond the Ache, Prof. Dr. Heike Rittner, Professor and Head of the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Research at University Hospital Würzburg, explains why pain is experienced differently, how chronic pain changes the brain, and what current research reveals about the future of pain management. Learn how the body's warning system can remain active long after an injury has healed, why chronic pain might be invisible while the brain remains in constant alarm mode, and how new discoveries at the molecular level could shape future approaches to pain care. Make sure to watch all five episodes of Beyond the Ache to explore all the various perspectives of the chronic pain experience.

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