‘Till’ focuses on the pain — and resiliency — of the people who live with chronic pain, as well as the impact pain has on their lives and on our own health. The show features personal testimony from patients, their family members, doctors, and other professionals about the effects of chronic pain, the physical, mental, spiritual, behavioral, and even emotional toll that chronic pain takes on patients, and the impact on those who love them.
Chronic pain is a physical symptom of disease or an abnormal response to disease. There are many types of chronic pain, and the effects of chronic pain are many and varied. A patient that experiences long-term chronic pain may be unable to perform activities of daily living, they may feel anxiety, depression, and have a range of psychosocial difficulties to contend with. Chronic pain is often associated with a variety of conditions such as cancer, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.
With a national TV audience estimated to be more than one hundred million (nearly 9% of homes), and broadcast in more than fifty countries, Chronic Pain is the new paradigm for people suffering with chronic pain.
The new season begins Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 8/7C.
Chronic Pain will be on the air until 2013, and will feature special guests from across the country, including Dr. Roberta Burden, head medical director of the Veterans Administration’s Primary Care Research Group in Baltimore; Dr. David L. Katz, Medical Director of the Center for the Advancement of Pain Management at the University of Maryland; Dr. Michael J. Hoehn, chief of the division of Pain Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics; Chris, author of the New York Times bestseller The Pain Solution: When to Push, Rest, and Seek Help by Dr. David Rosenstock, who will discuss his book, What Matters Most: An In-Depth Look at Pain, How It Affects Our Lives, and How We Can Take Charge of the Healing Process; Dr. David Shapiro, MD, PhD and creator of the Pain Medicine Specialists at the University of Pittsburgh; and Dr. James B. Nelson, JD, a family physician and former U.S. Air Force captain who was awarded
