# Chronic Pain Care: When Guidelines Don’t Fit

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Podcast: [The Modern Pain Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376)
Published: 2026-02-22T22:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

What if the guideline isn’t wrong—but incomplete? And what if your patient isn’t “non-compliant”—just complex? In this episode, I’m joined by Joost Van Wijchen to explore the tension between clinical guidelines and the messy reality of practice. We unpack the concept of mindlines—the experience-shaped frameworks that actually guide what we do—and why uncertainty isn’t a flaw in care, but part of it. You’ll learn: Why guidelines are population-informed—but patients are personalHow “mindlines” ...

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