Asian Pain Academy

4-Day Hands-On Pain Medicine Workshop at Asian Pain Academy: September 10–13, 2026 Asian Pain Academy conducted a focused 4-day hands-on workshop in Pain Medicine from September 10–13, 2026, bringing together doctors interested in developing practical skills in interventional pain management. The workshop was designed to go beyond classroom-based learning, with emphasis on hands-on training, ultrasound-guided procedures, sonoanatomy, clinical decision-making, and procedural s

Core Concept - Role of Glial Cells in Chronic Pain Chronic pain is no longer viewed as purely a neuronal phenomenon. Current neuroscience firmly establishes that glial cells — once dismissed as passive support cells — are active orchestrators of pain chronification, neuroinflammation, and central sensitisation. Understanding glial biology is essential to every modern clinician practising pain medicine. Introduction: Why Pain Medicine Needed a New Paradigm For decades, pain wa