“The Puzzle of pain”- 22nd June 202513th May 2025
“Ouch!”: Taking a break from the gardening you pop the kettle on and notice a big scratch down your arm. Must have been the thorns. But why didn’t it hurt at the time? Aren’t there nerves that fire as soon as you hurt yourself? Where was the pain in between the thorn and the cup of tea….? I am […]
Overview of Pain Research Reading 202421st June 2024
Recently, we hosted an industrially-focused event at the University of Reading, providing an overview of our multi-faceted pain research programme to a number of delegates across academia, clinical care and research, and with a large presence of industrial partners. Our very own Tatum Askey was […]
Adapting to a worklife of academia5th June 2023
I’m not sure which is the optimal way forward. Either, I can tolerate that my freetime dwindles more and more each year and just hope readers are sympathetic to this and don’t write me off as lazy/uninterested. Alternatively, I can delete the “date submitted” information […]
Is pain “in the body or the mind”?30th June 2021
“Take your mind off your pain” is a common phrase you will hear from compassionate family members, disparaging strangers and even from the doctor within the clinic. You’ll see this approach in action when you aggressively hum the theme to Eastenders after stubbing your toe, or when you distract […]
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists8th March 2021
This will be a much shorter post than normal, mainly as the topic is directed to my attendance at the annual meeting of RCOG, to present my hysteroscopy manuscript. The other reason is that, outside of inane and specific challenges I’m facing with analysis, continued lockdown has really put a […]