From 30 year old you to 17 year old you
Not about pain per se, but a beautiful message of hope written by 30 year old Susan to her 17 year old self: A letter to…
A Tale of Two Nails
Scenario one: I presume that many of you have heard the famous story, written up in the British Medical Journal, about the man who jumped onto…
Wear & Repair: an Osteoarthritis knee story using healthy linguistics
This is an exploration of the possible impact of the linguistic elements behind a persons experience of osteoarthritis. In essence, we’re looking at how healthcare providers…
Degenerative disc disease – a non-nourishing potentially potent linguistic construction
Let’s dissect the common term/diagnosis ‘degenerative disc disease’. It is a triple alliteration with the three D’s. It also has an internal rhyme based around the “i’s”,…
Trust me? I’m a Physiotherapist
We recently met Ashleigh in Melbourne during our Explain Pain course. Ashleigh shared her story with us, and we asked if she would like to share…
A Gliathon
Ru-Rong Ji is one of the big names in the field of research into microglia and pain. Simon Beggs is another of the big names in…
Predictive Processing: a potential theory for persistent pain, and the power of discrepancy in facilitating change
I feel very fortunate to have been invited to attend the 2018 NOI EP3 course in Melbourne as a science correspondent. At EP3 it was clear…
Spinal Slump Massage in 1880
I have been cleaning out my desk and finding images that I collected for possible inclusion into books that I wrote last century. These images were…
Yet another way to injure a disc?
The folklore surrounding intervertebral disc injury has inspired some wildly descriptive and unhelpful language. Slipped disc wins by a mile, but you can also blow a…
Integrating Explain Pain and Cognitive Functional Therapy in persistent low back pain
Reflections on EP3 at the G I had the fantastic opportunity to be invited to attend EP3 at the G (Melbourne Cricket Ground) as a science…
