The Cannabis Question: Culture to Science
In this webinar, clinical pharmacist Terri Betts speaks to many of the question providers have about prescribing cannabis for chronic pain.
Webinar Recording Archive
Pain BC offers free interdisciplinary webinars for health care providers on the latest science, research and technology being utilized to better understand, treat and manage chronic pain. Register for an upcoming free, live webinar or view our archive of past webinar recordings below.
Acupuncture: A helpful treatment modality in an interdisciplinary program for complex chronic conditions
In this webinar, Dr. Teresa Clarke will present on the history of acupuncture and summarize the research studies on the neurophysiology, underlying its mechanism of action.
myoActivation treatment in a primary care setting (part 3)
myoActivation is an injection-based treatment modality being used in BC for people with chronic pain by clinicians at The myo Clinic, BC Children's Hospital, Downtown Eastside Community Health Centre, and CHANGEpain. This webinar is the third in our three-part series on the myoActivation treatment approach.
Factors Affecting Return to Work After Injury or Illness
Work disability is a major personal, financial, and public health burden. With more people living with many types of chronic illnesses now than ever before, the problem of work disability will continue to escalate if we do not take action.
Work Experiences and Adaptations Made by Employees with Arthritis
This webinar describes the common challenges employees with arthritis face at work, and the strategies they use to maintain employment.
Multiple Sclerosis and Work: Individual Factors Impacting Employment Status
This webinar discusses the individual factors affecting employment status among people living with MS.
Psychosocial Work Environment and Risk of Stroke
Stroke is a major cause of morbidity, mortality and disability world-wide. Psychosocial work factors, such as stress, have been proposed to be a risk factor for stroke, but previous findings have been mixed. In this webinar, Eleonor Fransson, PhD discusses how psychosocial factors such as stress can contribute to a higher risk for stroke in the workplace.
myoActivation: A systematic approach to pediatric complex pain care (part 2)
myoActivation is an injection-based treatment modality being used in BC for people with chronic pain. This webinar is the second in our three-part series on the myoActivation treatment approach.
The myoActivation system of pain care (part 1)
myoActivation is an injection-based treatment modality being used in BC for people with chronic pain by clinicians at The myo Clinic, BC Children's Hospital, Downtown Eastside Community Health Centre, and CHANGEpain. This webinar is the first in our three-part series on the myoActivation treatment approach.
Opioids, Musculoskeletal Disorders, and Work-Related Outcomes
This webinar examines the current evidence around the early use of opioids after work-related low back injuries and work outcomes.
Narrative Medicine Tools for Health Care Providers
In this webinar, Dr. Katrina Genuis explores the difference between pain and suffering, focusing on suffering as the dimension of existence providers should aim to heal when pain is intractable.
Chronic Migraine in Primary Care
People with chronic migraine represent the more severe end of the migraine clinical spectrum, and generally have more disability than individuals with episodic migraine.
Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions
Living with chronic conditions comes with various challenges that can be frustrating to deal with because individuals are often caught in the vicious cycle of symptoms they are experiencing. Dealing with chronic conditions on a daily basis can affect one's emotional, physical and mental well-being. As a result, it is essential to learn different strategies to live a healthier life with chronic conditions. In this webinar, we will learn about Lana's personal journey from starting to live with chronic conditions to her returning to work, gaining a better understanding of the concepts of self-management and exploring different tools to help individuals break the vicious cycle.
From Painful to Playful: An Intuitive Approach to Pediatric Pain Management
All children have a right to play. This is especially important for children and youth living with pain.
Workplace Safety and Prescribed Medications in Chronic Pain Patients
The following webinar highlights perspectives and concerns of different stakeholders regarding a safe workplace and ‘medication’-related workplace impairment, especially for safety-sensitive workers.
Microbiome: Linking Nutrition & Pain
We change our body chemistry every time we eat. Our food has the power to increase or decrease body-wide inflammation. Yet most medical schools have a few hours of learning time devoted to a topic that has the potential to help every patient seen.
Workplace Safety and Prescribed Medications in Chronic Pain Patients
Employers are obliged to provide a safe work environment for employees. Unions are concerned for th
Chronic Pain: Managing Without Opioids
Treatment of chronic pain requires “multimodal analgesia,” a management plan that often requires pharmacological as well as non-drug therapies, and very importantly large measures of clinician guided patient self-management.
Perspectives of People with a Chronic Disease on Participating in Work
In this webinar, Marloes Voojis provides insight in the rationale of supporting work in people with a chronic disease.
Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy for Chronic Pelvic Pain
Bladder sensitization. Incontinence. Pain with sex. These are some of the many symptoms of chronic pelvic pain.
Perspectives of People with a Chronic Disease on Participating in Work
This webinar will provide insight in the rationale of supporting work in people with a chronic disea
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain
This webinar presents the theory and evidence underlying Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for chronic pain, as well as the core skills needed in applying this therapeutic approach.
Work Remains Meaningful Despite Time Out of the Workplace
This webinar explores the meaningfulness of work for people living with long-term work disability and chronic pain, and the role meaning plays in return to work effort.
Pharmacogenomic Testing for Pain Management
This webinar provides health care providers with a basic overview on pharmacogenomic testing and how it can be used as a tool to support patients in making decisions about which medication(s) are most suitable for their overall pain management.
New Strategies for Couples Coping with Chronic Pain
In this webinar, Dr. Cano provides an overview of the research on the powerful effect of couples' relationship dynamics on pain and provides evidence-based strategies for couples to manage pain and distress together.
Chronic Pain, Anger and Grief
At first glance, a webinar that brings chronic pain, grief and anger together might seem strange. However, these three are often intertwined in those who experience chronic pain. For those with chronic pain, the topic is a no-brainer: they know all about grief and anger.
How to Talk to Chronic Pain Patients About Neuroplasticity, CBT and Mindfulness
If you’ve ever tried to explain neuroplasticity in a few sentences with your chronic pain patients, then you know how challenging that can be. Clinicians need to be careful in how we talk about neuroplasticity, self-management and catastrophizing with patients.
Chronic Pain: Is It All In Their Head?
Most practitioners have historically considered chronic pain to be largely from peripheral nocicepti
When Chronic Pain Patients Ask About Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD)
For some patients, life with chronic pain can become unbearable. The sense of isolation, hopelessness and stigma can be overwhelming for people living with persistent or complex pain and death may seem like the only option.
Chronic Pain in the Elderly
Chronic pain is very common in older adults and is often under-recognized and under-treated. Pain often co-exists with other geriatric syndromes such as multimorbidity, polypharmacy and falls, and can have a very significant effect on function and quality of life.