People who live with chronic pain commonly report experiencing issues with sleep and, conversely, poor sleep can make it more difficult to manage pain.

In this month’s episode of the Pain Waves podcast, we’re joined by two experts, Dr. Josh Rash and Dr. Gilles Lavigne, to learn about how pain and sleep impact each other, sleep disorders that are common among people in pain, and what common treatment and management options exist for people with chronic pain who experience disturbances in sleep.

Resources from today's episode:

- Consensus sleep diary: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/olli/class-materials/sleep_diary.pdf

Workbooks:
- “The insomnia workbook” by Silberman and Morin: https://tinyurl.com/y95mqwr7
- “Quiet your mind and get to sleep” by Carney and Manber: https://tinyurl.com/yc6a7ezt
- “Sink into sleep” by Davidson: https://tinyurl.com/y7g7z5rg

- Free guided app on cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia: https://www.myvaapps.com/cbti/