{"podcast":{"title":"The Modern Pain Podcast","slug":"the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376","podcast_index_feed_id":1148376,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2124284.rss","website_url":"https://www.modernpaincare.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/ta6cav3924a5m18yx7mx9iu8icg3?.jpg","author":"Modern Pain Care","episode_count":215,"summary":"The Modern Pain Podcast helps clinicians and patients better understand and treat pain. We bring clinicians, researchers, and patients together. Our focus is on returning the patient's voice back to healthcare. Brought to you by Modern Pain Care.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T02:17:03.729127+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376"},"episode":{"title":"Chronic Pain Care: When Pain Reduction Keeps Patients Stuck","slug":"chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck","published_at":"2026-02-08T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124284/episodes/18643657-chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2124284/episodes/18643657-chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck.mp3","summary":"What do you do when a patient says, “I don’t care about goals—I just want less pain”? This moment shows up every day in pain care—and how you respond can either reinforce stuckness or help someone get their life back. In this episode, Mark Kargela breaks down why pain reduction isn’t wrong—but often incomplete—and how clinicians can navigate this conversation without invalidating the patient or taking away hope. You’ll learn: • Why pain reduction alone can narrow a patient’s life &nbs...","meta_description":"What do you do when a patient says, “I don’t care about goals—I just want less pain”? This moment shows up every day in pain care—and how you respond can…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1376,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/episodes/chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-modern-pain-podcast-1148376/chronic-pain-care-when-pain-reduction-keeps-patients-stuck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}