EDS ECHO Summit: Fatigue Virtual Summit, October 21, 2023
This presentation will provide an overview of how chronic pain and chronic fatigue often present together, and an approach to the assessment and management of a patient with EDS, chronic pain and chronic fatigue.
Dr Helen Cohen is a Consultant in Rheumatology and Chronic Pain at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK. Dr Cohen graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine, completed higher training in Cardiff and her PhD at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath supported by an Arthritis Research UK Clinical Fellowship. She has a special interest in the management and treatment of chronic pain, and specifically in joint hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She leads the CRPS and hypermobility rehabilitation programmes at Stanmore and works closely with orthopaedic colleagues and allied health professionals. One of Dr Cohen’s main research interests is in understanding how brain mechanisms contribute to severe chronic pain syndromes. Her clinical interests include general rheumatology, hypermobility, fibromyalgia and CRPS among other chronic, difficult-to-explain pain syndromes. She has presented nationally and internationally on CRPS, hypermobility and chronic pain, and published articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is a member of the International Consortium on Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Related Disorders. She is a keen hiker/mountaineer, Caterham seven and martial arts enthusiast.