The wisdom of wisdom teeth
About 10 days ago I had my wisdom teeth removed assisted by local anaesthetic. If you want to be seen to be tough you can say…
Do you (mis)understand me?
When you ask someone, ‘do you understand me?’ the answer is likely yes or no. If they say yes, how do you know they haven’t misunderstood…
A metaphor for the immune system
A great guest post from clinical specialist physiotherapist and NOI Europe instructor, Dr Ben Davies. Our thanks to Ben for sharing this metaphorical take on the…
A catastrophic labelling mistake?
Interesting post from painresearchforum.org Calls to Rename “Pain Catastrophizing” Backed by International Patient-Researcher Partnership “The Rename Pain Catastrophizing study is the product of a patient-researcher partnership between Beth…
Talking nerve root pain with David Butler
Tom Jesson is a physiotherapist with a passion for lumbar radicular pain. Last month he recorded a conversation with David Butler talking all things nerve root…
The countenance of pain
Last Week was National Pain Week in Australia, with Chronic Pain Australia seeking to raise awareness and share individual stories with the theme Faces of Pain.…
Scars
Raw. Confronting. Powerful. Human. Uplifting. Scars is a short documentary from The Guardian: “Scars are not just skin deep – emotional and psychological histories lie beneath…
Patient-centred online consultation
Bart van Buchem is a NOI instructor, NOI NL Faculty Leader, polyglot and translator, he is also a researcher and clinician. He was wearing all of…
Οι Έννοιες – Στόχοι της Επανάστασης του Πόνου
Our friend Nikos Sidiropoulos has very kindly written a post for us, translating 11 Target Concepts into Greek. Our sincere thanks for his time and effort.…
My journey to the top of St Paul’s
Paul, a most delightful and courageous patient of mine, agreed to share his story with us. A journey which probably should never have taken place had…
