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…
Positive Psychology
Positive Psychology is a relatively new domain in the field of psychology. While Psychology in the 20th century looked at the relief of suffering, positive psychology…
A reflection on EP3 at the ‘G
I attended the Melbourne NOIEP3 course in 2018 with tremendous interest, anticipation and excitement. My PhD is in lower back pain related to lifting. An area…
The Healthy Pain Conversation
Explaining pain or indeed explaining any symptom or medical condition is a conversation. The critical element of healthy conversation is invitation – a feature…
Phantom Pain
Have you ever used the example of phantom limb pain to explain the idea of a ‘map in your brain’ and ‘brain smudging’? I do so…
The ‘Bayesian brain’ for beginners, by way of placebo
A recent Topical Review in Pain provides an interesting and gentle introduction to notions of Predictive Processing and the ‘Bayesian brain’ by way of medically unexplained…
