#174 Become Pain Free and Take Control of Your Health with Dr Deepak Ravindran

23 Nov 2022

My good friend Deepak is back on the podcast today speaking with Sakina. I had the most wonderful conversation with Deepak on the podcast before.

Dr Deepak Ravindran is a boundary spanning ‘upstreamist’ with a trauma informed approach to pain practice. He has over 20 years of experience in Pain Management and is Clinical Lead in Pain Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in the UK. He is also one of the very few consultants in the UK who holds a certification in musculoskeletal, pain medicine and is board certified in lifestyle medicine. Longcovid, Pain Medicine and Trauma informed practice are subjects that Deepak is passionate about and today Sakina chats to him about:

  • DIY vs DWY medicine
  • Sleep and it’s impact on chronic pain
  • Setting the circadian rhythm, sunlight and caffeine
  • Making complementary therapy more accessible

He hosts the PainSpeak podcast and is the author of the Best Seller “The Pain Free Mindset” released in 2021 and it’s by far one of my favouroite books. It’s aimed at patients suffering with pain but it’s also immensely useful for all healthcare professionals in understanding all the recent advances around pain management in a trauma informed manner.

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REFERENCES

Previous podcast episode with Deepak: #124 Fix Your Pain

The Pain Free Mindset

Boulder back pain study

Curable

MyPain

FlippinPain Friend


More recently helped set up and operationalise the Berkshire Longcovid Integrated Service (BLIS) in 2020. He is part of the scientific advisory board at Curable, MyPain and also part of the Footsteps Festival team and a FlippinPain Friend. He is an advisor to UK’s first Online Pain Clinic The Leva Clinic.

GUEST: Dr Deepak Ravindran

Dr Deepak Ravindran is a boundary spanning ‘upstreamist’ with a trauma informed approach to pain practice. He has over 20 years of experience in Pain Management and is Clinical Lead in Pain Medicine at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, UK. He is one of the very few consultants in the UK who holds certification in musculoskeletal, pain medicine and board certified in lifestyle medicine. He lectures nationally and internationally on issues in Longcovid, Pain Medicine and Trauma informed practice and has regularly spoken to the media and television on these issues.

He Helped establish the award-winning community pain service in Berkshire (IPASS) in 2015 and more recently helped set up and operationalise the Berkshire Longcovid Integrated Service (BLIS) in 2020. He continues to work clinically in both services still. He initiated Pain research in his department and is an active part of the Pain Research Network at the University of Reading. He has been recently completed the Honours degree in Management at the Henley Business School and has been awarded the Southeast apprentice of the Year for 2020 and the National Apprentice of the Year for 2021 by Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and Learner of the Year by the FAB organisation 2021.

He is part of the scientific advisory board at Curable, MyPain and also part of the Footsteps Festival team and a FlippinPain Friend. He is an advisor to UK’s first Online Pain Clinic The Leva Clinic.

Dr Deepak Ravindran is a speaker and podcast host of the channel PainSpeak and author of Amazon Best Seller “The Pain Free Mindset” released in 2021. This book is aimed at patients suffering with pain but also immensely useful for all healthcare professionals in understanding all the recent advances around pain management in a trauma informed manner.

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