Ben Davies

An experienced Noigroup instructor in the UK, Ben has taught Explain Pain (EP), Mobilisation of the Neuroimmune System (MONIS) and Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) courses in the UK and Europe since 2008. His background as a physiotherapist involves primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. The majority of Ben’s experience is with people who have complex, persistent pain presentations. Currently Ben works in primary care for Virgincare (Bath and Northeast Somerset, UK) as professional lead for physiotherapy and clinical specialist physiotherapist in pain management.

Ben’s PhD at the University of the West of England was in painful diabetic neuropathy, exploring whether this group of people could benefit from the pain management approaches which are relatively common in the MSK pain world, but not in the diabetic world.

You can find Ben on twitter (@ben_davies42), although he tends to use his free time riding two wheels (road + gravel = groadie?) or getting back out into the mountains.

Davies B, Cramp F, Gauntlett-Gilbert J, McCabe CS. Peoples’ experiences of painful diabetic neuropathy: a qualitative interview study. Pain and Rehabilitation 2021;50.

Davies B, Cramp F, Gauntlett-Gilbert J, McCabe CS. Peoples’ experiences of painful diabetic neuropathy: are pain management programmes appropriate? British Journal of Pain 2021.

Davies, B. (2017) Painful diabetic neuropathy: Exploring management options. (Thesis) University of the West of England. Available from: http://eprints.uwe.ac.uk/31786

Davies, B., Cramp, F., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J. and McCabe, C. (2016) Should pain management programme strategies be part of managing painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN)? In: Physiotherapy. 2016 pp. e122. doi:dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2016.10.135.

Davies, B., Cramp, F., Gauntlett-Gilbert, J., Wynick, D. and McCabe, C. (2015) The role of physical activity and psychological coping strategies in the management of painful diabetic neuropathy – A systematic review of the literature. Physiotherapy. 101 (4), pp. 319–326. doi:10.1016/j.physio.2015.04.003.