Welcome to
...a global community of supportive and welcoming clinicians and thinkers.
Are you a clinician who's passionate about helping your clients with pain?
Do you want to learn more about pain science & pain theory but find it hard to know where to start or how to structure it all?
Do you find it overwhelming to read and try to understand complicated text on your own?
If you said yes, to all those questions, than Pain Geeks is the place for you!
Pain Geeks is a place to explore new and classic resources about pain, connect with others and find support with integrating this information with your existing understanding.
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Strip away the frills and we are simply a group of clinicians passionate about understanding pain and dedicated to drawing on philosophy, science, rehabilitation and the humanities to help inform our skillset to supporting people experiencing pain.
What you'll find in Pain Geeks
Video Library
The Journal Club
Every month, we curate new readings for you exploring pain within a particular theme. Readings come from a wide variety of scientific fields, including philosophy, humanities, sociology and biology. This is to help us develop our understanding of pain from a wide context.
The Book Club
Here on Pain Geeks, we run a quarterly book club on books related to pain and/or the humanities. We spend 3 months on each book, meeting regularly to discuss the content. Read along with us as we make our way through the piles of pain books on nightstands around the world - we know you have them!
Monthly Discussions
Interviews with Experts
Community
Structured community discussions for the Journal Club and the Book Club with other Pain Geeks from around the world. Together we explore the readings and share our thoughts.
The Journal Club
New readings curated for you every month exploring pain within a particular theme. Readings come from a wide variety of scientific fields, including philosophy, humanities, sociology and biology. This is to help us develop our understanding of pain from a wide context.
The Video Library
We meet regularly with pain experts and leading researchers to film discussions for you to enjoy at your leisure. We often do this discussions live so members can attend to ask questions in real time! Also fo individual sale here.
The Monthly Community Discussions
Structured community discussions with other Pain Geeks from around the world. Together we explore the readings and share our thoughts.
The Book Club
Here on Pain Geeks, we run a quarterly book club. Every 3 months we dedicate a whole month to a book related to pain and/or the humanities. Read along with us as we make our way through the piles of pain books on nightstands around the world - we know you have them!
"We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow."
Malala Yousafzia
Join your community!
What's included:
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Structured and supported reading experience
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Unlimited access to discussions with creators, researchers, writers and pain ambassadors
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Unlimited access to all previous recorded discussions
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"How to Pain Geek" workshops to develop your reading skills
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All of our free resources in one place
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A place to connect with Pain Geeks from around the room, through the chat room or direct messaging
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A space to break down your complex cases with other Pain Geeks
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Monthly social events to network and meet new people
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Exclusive access to our community of Pain Geeks to discuss readings, themes and ideas
Meet the Team!
These are our community members who regularly contribute to the platform. Everyone can contribute blogs about their reflections and experiences with the readings. We love posting other people's thoughts and ideas to help diversify the voices that we learn from!
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"I love that all the monthly readings connect and challenge my thinking in new and interesting ways."
"The discussions have become a regular in my diary! Great to meet and discuss with like-minded people"
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"I always wanted to read like this but found it hard to do by myself. The structure has supported me to keep reading regularly. "
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