Josh has featured in a range of videos, articles and podcasts. Everyone loves a collated list, right? Here you go! Skip down the page with these buttons:
TV / Videos
‘Chronic pain’ SBS World News TV interview – 8 December 2024
‘Children with chronic pain’ TV Interview – ABC News, 28 September 2024
‘Breaking the Silence’ TV Interview – Channel 10 News, 25 September 2024
Articles
‘Five years ago, an innocent schoolyard game changed my son’s life forever.’ – Mamamia, 10 November 2024
‘Playground mishap’ left Aussie boy ‘screaming in pain’ – News.com.au, 21 October 2024
Chronic Pain in Children – ABC News, 28 September 2024
UTS pain management expert wins 2024 NSW Young Tall Poppy – UTS News, 6 August 2024

TEDx in Blue Mountains Theatre
27 July 2024
“Tickets are on sale… Dr Joshua Pate is a senior physiotherapist and senior lecturer in pain neuroscience, leading a program of paediatric research…” Read more >
InMotion Magazine – Invited feature article for July 2024 issue
It’s Time To Trial Embracing AI Chatbots As Brainstorm Assistants – JOSPT Blog,17 May
Hey Dave, I’ve got an idea for you – UTS News, 23 April
Inspiring change through pain science education
5 June 2023 – An interview with Joshua Pate
“Dr Joshua W. Pate is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at UTS with expertise in the complexity of pain and pain management. His research has received a global audience through his TED-Ed video ‘The mysterious science of pain’, and his children’s book series ‘Zoe and Zak’s Pain Hacks’.” Read more >
Why does my back get so sore when I’m sick? The connection between immunity and pain
The Conversation – 15 June 2023 by Joshua Pate and Mark Hutchinson
“Have you ever wondered why your back aches when you’re down with the flu or a cold? Or COVID? This discomfort, common during many illnesses, is not just a random symptom…” Read more >
Turning down the volume of pain – how to retrain your brain when you get sensitised
The Conversation – 17 April 2023 by Joshua Pate
“For every feeling we experience, there is a lot of complex biology going on underneath our skin. Pain involves our whole body…” Read more >
Opioids or an open mind? The science of treating pain is changing fast
Sydney Morning Herald – 11 April 2023 by Liam Mannix
“For me,” says Pate, “the optimistic way of looking at it is there are now so many more targets for potential treatments.” Read more >
Perceptive about pain
INCITE Magazine – Australian Library and Information Association, Nov/Dec 2022 page 20
There is increasing evidence that learning about the complexity of pain can improve the lives of children with chronic pain… Read more >
6 UTS kids’ book authors you need to know
UTS News, 28 Nov 2022
If you’re one of the 3.6 million Australians living with chronic pain, you’ll be pleased to know that future generations might not have to suffer the same fate. That’s thanks to the latest pain science research and books like Joshua Pate’s Zoe and Zak’s Pain Hacks series. Read more >
Pain doctor books ease young fears
The Torch, 21 Sep 2022
TEACHING children that pain is one of the body’s powerful protectors and that through small steps, it is possible to re-train the body and brain to manage pain better… Read more >

article 7 Sep 2022. By saying that pain WILL feel different from person-to-person, I hope to get their enormous readership thinking!
Growing pains is ‘not a diagnosis’
Comment in The Medical Republic, 28 Jul 2022 by Helen Tobler
“…Growing pains could potentially encapsulate many different conditions, and lumping these all into one category could be an unhelpful over-simplification.” Read more >
The strange but important new science of pain
Sydney Morning Herald & The Age, 15 Feb 2022 by Liam Mannix
Everyone feels pain. Yet the way we think about pain is almost entirely wrong, the new science suggests. Read more >
It never hurts to discuss pain
Australian Physiotherapy Association InMotion magazine, July 2020
It was during a lunchbreak at Sydney’s Westmead Hospital that Joshua Pate, APAM, senior physiotherapist at the hospital’s pain clinic, had something of a lightbulb moment. Joshua had been thinking how the same educational message about pain—that pain doesn’t necessarily mean tissue damage—was being told to his patients over and over, and wouldn’t it be cool and efficient to have a professional animation video created to help patients visualise the concept? Read more >
5 facts about … paediatric physiotherapy
Australian Physiotherapy Association InMotion magazine, August 2019
Josh Pate, Emma McComb, Dr David Spurrier, Karen Herbert and Christine Wilson contribute five discussion points about common presentations in the paediatric patient cohort and developments in treatments for children and babies.
1. Persistent pain affects children too… Read more >
A Map In Your Brain
Pages 11 and 12 of the Australian Pain Society newsletter, November 2018
Do you use the example of phantom limb pain to explain to patients the idea of a ‘map in your brain’? In his clinical work at Westmead Hospital Pain Management Centre, Senior Physiotherapist Joshua Pate found this example to be useful in the multidisciplinary pain programs he runs for people suffering with chronic pain. So, last December, he sent a dra script off to the TED-Ed team with an idea for a 5-minute animation. Read more >
Phantom Limbs Grabs Pain Graphically
Canterbury-Bankstown Express, October 2018
PADSTOW local Joshua Pate’s remarkable idea of using phantom limbs to help people understand more about their pain, is now a social media sensation. Read more >
Master of Research – making a difference through research
Macquarie Matters, March 7, 2018
Josh is inspired to make a difference through his research career, “I would like to continue researching to help people with chronic pain, and It would be great to make tangible impacts in this area of healthcare. I am really looking forward to the years ahead!” Read more >
Podcasts / Radio
ABC Radio Riverland with Stephanie Nitschke – Fortnightly segments from 30 Oct
SBS News ‘Headlines of Health’ Podcast interview about chronic pain
Curtin FM 100.1 Perth – National Children’s Week
Life FM Adelaide – National Children’s Week
Bumma Bippera Media – National Children’s Week
4BU Bundaberg – National Children’s Week
Eastside FM Paddington – National Children’s Week
2GB Sydney (+ 4 syndications) – National Children’s Week
3AW Melbourne – National Children’s Week
1503 2BS Gold Bathurst – National Children’s Week
4EB Brisbane – National Children’s Week
2SM Bulletin recording (+ 41 syndications) – National Children’s Week
FLOW FM Adelaide (+ 19 syndications) – National Children’s Week
Ngaarda Media Aboriginal Corporation WA with Asad – National Children’s Week
7HO FM North Hobart with Isabella (+ 6 syndications) – National Children’s Week
Ultra1065 Hobart with David – National Children’s Week
ABC Radio Riverland with Stephanie Nitschke – Growing pains
ABC Radio North Coast Breakfast with Bridie Tanner – Neck pain
2024 – JOSPT Insights – AI as a Clinical Assistant.
July 2024 – The Paul Taylor Podcast – Joshua Pate: Pain
Dec 2023 – Untidy Podcast – Pain Hacks with Dr Josh Pate
25 Sep 2023 – ACI Paediatric Network Education Series: Targeting education for families challenged by chronic pain – https://aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/paediatric/events/education-series?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2023-09-25
31 Aug 2023 – The You Project #1278 – Dr Joshua Pate https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1278-pain-science-dr-joshua-pate/id1342430567?i=1000626215337
18 Aug 2023 – ABC national radio – Interview with Dr Joshua Pate
26 Jun 2023 – JOSPT Insights Ep 137: Why does it hurt? Helping kids in pain, with Dr Joshua Pate
18 May 2023 – The Knowledge Exchange Podcast: Helping Kids with Pain, with Dr Joshua Pate
21 Apr 2023 – ABC Radio Newcastle Mornings with Paul Turton – Interview with Dr Joshua Pate
21 Apr 2023 – ABC Radio National RN Drive – Is it possible to retrain your brain to reduce pain? Interview with Dr Joshua Pate
21 Apr 2023 – ABC Radio Brisbane Drive with Steve Austin – Interview with Dr Joshua Pate
9 Mar 2023 – ABC Radio Sydney Drive with Richard Glover – Interview with Dr Joshua Pate
26 Jan 2023 – It’s the Pain Talking podcast feat Dr Joshua W Pate – https://open.spotify.com/episode/5kaiFhhsmfDxX0KlqlYb2Q?si=9mtXrw5xRByQUZwrxhcV8A

ABC Afternoons – 30min Live radio interview 7 Oct 2022


During a very fun little interview with @ButWhyKids (a popular kids science podcast by @NPR), I was asked: “What could people WITHOUT chronic pain benefit from learning about pain?”






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