Every episode of The Pain Podcast features interviews with world-leading pain experts, delivering practical solutions for your toughest clinical challenges. You’ll get cutting-edge insights, evidence-based strategies, and actionable advice to revolutionise your approach to pain treatment and transform patient outcomes.
The Pain Podcast
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76 episodes
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Every episode of The Pain Podcast features interviews with world-leading pain experts, delivering practical solutions for your toughest clinical challenges. You’ll get cutting-edge insights, evidence-based strategies, and actionable advice to revolutionise your approach to pain treatment and transform patient outcomes.
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4/21/2022
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Engagement50
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Recent Episodes
May 20, 2026
Episode 77: Language, Metaphors & Pain: Why the Words We Use Matter
Pain has no objective test — so people depend on language to share what they're experiencing. In this episode, Tim Beames and Bart van Buchem unpack how clinicians can become better listeners, why patient metaphors matter far more than we might think, and how the language therapists use can either bridge or widen the gap between clinician and patient. They cover the skill of balancing open and directed questioning, how to work with chaotic or contradictory stories, and the difference between descriptive metaphors (sharp, electric), body perception metaphors (my head feels huge), and conceptual metaphors (fighting, war). Bart and Tim also explore the risks of layering on clinician-preferred metaphors and why your go-to explanations probably reflect your treatment bias. A practical, reflective conversation for therapists who want to sharpen their communication skills. 🔗 Join the Le Pub community and explore our full session library at lepupscientifique.com
April 15, 2026
Episode 76: “I Don’t Know” Isn’t a Failure: Uncertainty, Trust, and Clinical Confidence in Pain Care
In this episode of The Le Pub Scientifique Podcast, Tim Beames and Bart van Buchem tackle a phrase many clinicians fear saying out loud: “I don’t know.” Working in pain care means working with complexity, variability, and uncertainty — yet clinicians often feel pressure to provide certainty, predictions, and clear answers. In this conversation, Tim and Bart explore why false certainty can quietly erode trust, and how learning to work honestly and skilfully with uncertainty can actually strengthen the therapeutic relationship. They discuss: Why uncertainty is inevitable in pain — and not a sign of incompetence The difference between confidence and certainty How over-explaining or overselling treatment can backfire When “I don’t know” builds trust — and when it doesn’t Reframing patient questions like “What’s wrong with me?” into deeper needs such as safety, support, and direction How curiosity, exploration, and experience help both clinicians and patients live better with uncertainty This episode is the first in a series exploring uncertainty, trust, and flexibility in clinical practice — especially relevant for clinicians working with persistent and complex pain. If you value thoughtful, reflective conversations like this, you can join Le Pub Scientifique: 👉 Free membership — access selected podcasts, discussions, and community content👉 Premium membership — full access to podcast archives, science sessions, clinical coaching series, and in-depth conversations with leading clinicians and researchers 🔗 Join here: https://www.lepubscientifique.com/ #PainPodcast#ClinicalReasoning#PainEducation#LePubScientifique
March 11, 2026
Episode 75: When Everything Hurts: Exploring Predictive Processing in Fibromyalgia
What happens when we try to apply predictive processing models to fibromyalgia? In this exploratory conversation, Tim Beames and Bart Van Buckem work through the clinical implications of understanding fibromyalgia through the lens of prediction, uncertainty, and sensitivity to difference. They discuss why unpredictability is so costly in fibromyalgia, why "healthy activity" can backfire, and how systems become sensitized to even tiny changes. The conversation explores concepts like entropy, allostasis, expectation violations, and the challenge of creating difference without creating threat. Bart brings healthy skepticism throughout, questioning the risks of mechanistic language and whether these models truly help in the clinic. Tim responds by translating theory into practical approaches: micro-variability, building baselines of safety, and pacing at a different timescale. This is thinking-out-loud science. Two clinicians trying to bridge theoretical models with clinical complexity in fibromyalgia—a condition where traditional approaches often fall short. Featuring: Tim Beames & Bart Van BuckemDuration: 39 minutesLevel: All clinicians working with chronic pain Note: This episode is followed by a refinement piece where Tim reflects on the limitations of this approach.
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