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:
Videos
Articles
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’.”
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…”
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…”
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.”
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…
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.
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…
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.”
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.
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?
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…
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.
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.
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!”
Podcasts / Radio
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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