Explain Pain and its misconceptions
Five years ago Lorimer Moseley and David Butler wrote a Critical Review for the Journal of Pain entitled Fifteen Years of Explaining Pain: The Past, Present,…
CRPS and somatosensory cortex – time for a rethink?
Published late last year without much fanfare, this paper raises some crucial challenges for the current understanding of, and treatment rationale for, CRPS. Fine-Grained Mapping of…
You beaut black rock scorpion venom and right handed Aussie amino acids from Tassie fungus
A couple of recent news posts on the Pain Research Forum that caught my eye with their links to the flora and fauna of this land…
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…
