Chronic Pain Syndromes: Advances in Nutritional Assessment, Mechanism-based Management and Evidence-Based Analgesics
Chronic pain is one of the most widespread health problems, with up to 43% of people in the UK reporting that they experience chronic pain, of which 10−14% report moderate to severely disabling chronic pain. Conditions in which pain itself has become the primary disease include generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain, low-back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic headache or migraine, generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain and abdominal pain.
The biology and pathophysiology of chronic pain is diverse and highly individual; however, there are important shared mechanisms across seemingly disparate clinical conditions that could help identify mechanism-based as opposed to symptom-based treatments, improving personalisation and outcomes.
This seminar is an update on the clinical management of chronic pain from a personalised functional perspective. Topics include nutritional assessment of drivers of chronic pain, nutritional neuropathies, mechanism-based management including immunological, mitochondrial, redox and genetic biomarkers as well as evidence-based nutritional analgesics, including clinical use and safety.
Learning objectives:
- Review the pathophysiology of chronic primary pain from a personalised, mechanism-based perspective.
- Understand shared mechanisms of musculoskeletal pain, low-back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic headache, migraine, generalised chronic musculoskeletal pain and abdominal pain.
- Evaluate dietary and nutritional causes of chronic pain including nutritional neuropathies (excess or inadequate intake of specific nutrients).
- Identify biomarkers (including nutritional, immune, redox, mitochondrial, and genetic) that can aid personalisation.
- Update on clinical evidence for food-based and nutritional supplement interventions.
- Explore how interventions can be personalised to those most likely to respond.
All attendees will receive:
- 2-hours of CPD approved education
- Lecture notes
- Supplementary research papers
- Dinner and drinks
- Free sample products
Expert speaker:
Benjamin I. Brown, ND
Ben is founder and director of the Nutritional Medicine Institute, an educational,
advocacy and research group committed to advancing the science and practice of
nutritional medicine. An internationally acclaimed lecturer, Ben is host of Positive
Health Podcast, on the academic advisory board and a guest lecturer at BCNH
College of Nutrition and Health, and regularly speaks at major educational
institutions and international conferences for health professionals.
Ben is a consultant for Pure Encapsulations. He is editor of the Nutritional Medicine
Journal, contributing editor of Integrative Healthcare and Applied Nutrition Magazine,
on the editorial board for Nutrition Evidence, author of The Digestive Health Solution,
has contributed textbook chapters, and had research published in journals including
Gastrointestinal Disorders, Alternative Therapies Health and Medicine, Nutrients,
and Nutrition Reviews.
