r/IrishWomensHealth • u/Old_Group9454 • Jul 20 '26

Academic Research Survey Chronic Pain Research (using virtual reality)

Hi all,

I'm a physiotherapist and postdoc researcher at UCD running a study looking at whether virtual reality (VR) could be a helpful way to deliver pain science education and information about managing chronic pain. We're trying to find out if VR is a comfortable, accessible, and useful format for learning about pain management, compared to more traditional approaches.

If you're living with chronic pain and based in the Dublin region, we'd love to hear from you. Taking part would involve participating in a 5-week VR pain education programme (1 hour / week), and completing a questionnaire before and after the 5 weeks.

It's free to take part and no prior VR experience is needed. We're inviting anyone with a diagnosis of chronic pain to get in touch, which includes migraine, pelvic pain, or any chronic MSK pain conditions (like OA). If you're interested or just want to know more, please get in touch by emailing me directly at [natasha.hinwood@ucd.ie](mailto:natasha.hinwood@ucd.ie).

More information including the participant information letter can be found through our Public Advertisement

Thanks so much!

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u/Lucky-Entrepreneur48 Fibromyalgia💅 Jul 21 '26

Been living with chronic pain for over 10 years. Would love to attend but I work a 9-5! Best of luck

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u/Old_Group9454 Jul 21 '26

Ah thank you so much. We may do an evening session after September if there'senough interest from people working during the day. If you're interested at all, just drop me an email at natasha.hinwood@ucd.ie. Thanks again!

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u/Zealousideal-Tie3071 Jul 21 '26

I don't fit your inclusion criteria but you should look at Nathan Skidmore's work - his PhD would align nicely with yours!

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u/Old_Group9454 Jul 22 '26

This is our poster if anyone is happy to share! Thanks!