There are many treatments for chronic pain. Some are more effective than others, and some have much more evidence behind them than others. The problem is that what has been plastered through the media is often incorrect. Even peak bodies have published information based on… Read More »Pain Treatments
Pain science education (PSE) is a treatment for pain that teaches people to think differently about their pain, and thereby reduce, or even cure, their pain. Pain Neuroscience education generally uses metaphors or stories to help people reconceptualise pain. According to PSE chronic pain is… Read More »What is Pain Science Education?
Back in August 2022, the ABC released a podcast titled “Can you unlearn chronic pain?”. The podcast is in a series called “All in the mind” and this episode is focussing specifically on chronic lower back pain, which one in six Australian adults experience. In… Read More »Podcast review – Can you unlearn chronic pain?
DRAFT…fix this rant with proper info Can you ‘unlearn’ back pain? Yes…IF your back pain is a learned response. That is, if you have ‘learned’ to stay in bed and wrap yourself in cotton wool and do nothing active to manage your pain. That’s a… Read More »Can you “unlearn” back pain? Not if your back pain is not a learned response!
Study review: Effect of Intensive Patient Education vs Placebo Patient Education on Outcomes in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial Pain neuroscience education is now considered a cornerstone treatment for chronic pain. Unfortunately, the science does not seem to match up… Read More »Does pain neuroscience education reduce pain?
Spinal cord stimulators are implanted devices designed to relieve pain by sending low level electrical signals directly to the spinal cord. This signal interrupts the pain messages and therefore reduces pain. Or that’s the theory. In practice, the devices often leave patients in more pain… Read More »Spinal Cord Stimulators – high complication rates and serious adverse events