Local hero profiled: North Sydney Living published this article about my biography of the local hero who took the pain centre at Royal North Shore Hospital to international fame for its leadership in pain management. The biography, Breaking through the pain barrier. The extraordinary life of Dr Michael J. Cousins, explores what made Australia’s father of […]
Local author Gabriella Kelly-Davies will speak about her biography of the trailblazing Australian pain medicine pioneer and North Shore resident Dr Michael Cousins AO at Mosman Library to celebrate National Science Week. The Michael J. Cousins Pain Management and Research Centre at Royal North Shore Hospital is now recognised as a world leader in pain […]
Many people living with chronic pain are told ‘it’s all in your head’. But exciting new Australian research shows chronic pain results from a complex interaction between our emotions and the way our central nervous system incorrectly processes pain signals. Read my article about this in Pain News Network. https://bit.ly/3FeC3h7 Looking for a pain medicine […]
Kim Sullivan’s life changed irrevocably one Black Friday in 1998 when she was electrocuted in a swimming pool. It left her with crippling headaches, chronic low back pain and recurrent attacks of shingles. Read my story in Pain News Network about how Kim turned from victim to victor. One of the ways Kim learned to […]
Something common to us all is a dislike of pain. In this article for the Pain News Network, I describe a technique to reduce the fear of pain in people who live with chronic pain. Known as pain desensitisation, it helps to reduce the impact of chronic pain on our life. Pain Desensitization: How to […]
My twenty-fourth birthday heralded the onset of a life of migraine attacks after some thugs pushed me off my bicycle while I was cycling along an idyllic beach in Townsville. I share my story in this article in Pain News Network. https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2021/8/11/my-migraine-journey-from-electrodes-to-cannabis
There is new hope on the horizon for people living with back pain, a leading cause of disability worldwide. Hospital and Healthcare published this article I wrote about the development of an advanced form of spinal cord stimulation for lower back pain. https://www.hospitalhealth.com.au/content/technology/article/a-new-advanced-treatment-for-back-pain-1126659507
