VICDOC Winter 2022 - Magazine - Page 15
SOLVING
THE
PUZZLE
OF PAIN
—
Many chronic pain sufferers
feel that the pain and their
experience is not in their
control but it’s crucial to
actually own it enough to
make some changes or to think
about it in a different way.
In Australia, over 3.2 million
people live with chronic pain.
Whilst the total economic cost
is over $73 billion annually,
it is the crushing human
toll that focuses pain
medicine specialist,
A/Prof Carolyn Arnold.
VICDOC speaks with
A/Prof Arnold about pain
medicine and how it helps
patients who have all
but given up.
REPORT TARYN SHEEHY
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