A Complementary and Integrative Approach to Easing Pain: A Podcast with Helene Langevin
Release Date: 09/18/2019
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A Complementary and Integrative Approach to Easing Pain: A Podcast with Helene Langevin
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Helene Langevin, M.D., director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), discusses the work NCCIH is doing, the research she is focusing on now, and more.
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Howard Fields, MD, PhD, a professor of neurology and physiology emeritus at the University of California, San Francisco. At the Congress, Fields delivered the John J. Bonica Award lecture, “How Expectations Shape Pain Perception.” Fields sat down for a podcast at the meeting with freelance journalist Stephani Sutherland to discuss the themes of his talk, in particular how motivations, expectations and decision making fit into the experience of chronic pain.
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info_outlineEditor’s Note: Helene Langevin, M.D., is director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), the US Federal government’s lead agency for scientific research on the diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine. NCCIH funds and conducts research to help answer important scientific and public health questions about natural products, mind and body practices, and pain management. The center also coordinates and collaborates with other research institutes and Federal programs on research into complementary and integrative health.
Dr. Langevin’s own research interests include the role of connective tissue in chronic musculoskeletal pain and the mechanisms of acupuncture, manual, and movement-based therapies. Her more recent work has focused on the effects of stretching on the resolution of inflammation within connective tissue.
In this RELIEF podcast, freelance writer Stephani Sutherland asks Dr. Langevin about the work NCCIH is doing, the research she is focusing on now, and more.