Ep. 4 Pain in Practice—Emergency | Fred Estermann APAM

What happens when chronic pain walks into an acute care environment? In this episode, fast-paced medicine meets long-term complexity as Fred Estermann discusses the tensions, limitations and opportunities of managing persistent pain in emergency and hospital settings. Frederico Estermann APAM is a passionate and highly experienced physiotherapist who brings a wealth of knowledge from both acute and sub-acute hospital settings, including time spent in chronic pain clinics. Originally from Brazil, he now works in the emergency department, where he continues to apply his deep understanding of pain management in high-pressure environments. ----- Sophie Shephard MACP is a Wagga Wagga-based APA Titled Pain Physiotherapist, the founder of Vive Pain and Fatigue and a PhD candidate at Charles Sturt University. She has a special interest in pain, fatigue and invisible illness stemming from her own lived experience of myalgic encephalomyelitis. Matt Fa APAM is a Sydney-based physiotherapist with over a decade of experience across diverse clinical settings, currently he is working as senior physiotherapist in a tertiary pain centre within the Northern Sydney Local Health District. He has a passion for improving quality of life for people living with chronic pain and helping physiotherapists feel confident and supported in their practice.