noijam: nɔɪdʒæm, since 2013
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A new class of rehabilitation professional is now emerging – we can call this person a clinical scientist (or scientific clinician). Here we are referring to a professional at the clinical battlefront who uses reasoning science to integrate the best of modern science to help the patient in front of them. Clinical scientist activity ranges from reading and integrating science in the clinic to active data collection and analysis. This blog is for clinicians in the world of science.
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There are nearly two billion people in the world with an ongoing pain state – we can’t take questions from individual sufferers nor can we provide individual treatment advice but we do have a find a clinician service where you can locate clinicians around the world with Explain Pain education. You may also find reading the clinically orientated stories within noijam helpful.
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Editorial published a few days ago in the BMJ: Overused, ineffective, and potentially harmful “The most frequent indication for knee arthroscopy is degenerative joint disease…
“I have found that when I paint, I become completely consumed and my pain recedes into a corner of my consciousness.” -Angeline, Western Australia …
I notice more and more as I read and talk to people and look at the various handouts that practitioners send us at NOI, that…
Earlier this year, an interesting review was published in the open access journal Psychology Research and Behaviour Management. The title of the paper How can…
During Explain Pain courses we have an exercise during which we critically look at scary sounding diagnoses. We discuss what an individual might be left thinking upon…
In pain physiology, the brain often takes centre stage — but the peripheral nerves deserve equal attention. Far from being simple wires, they’re living, adaptable…
The close proximity of threat: altered distance perception in the anticipation of pain Great new paper from Abby Tabor et al (with a list of…
Michel Coppieters, who obviously reads in rather obscure places, sent me this article from this month’s Current Biology – Stretchy nerves are an essential component…
Lorimer Moseley and David Butler sat down last week to discuss the Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer and answer four common questions about their new book: 1….
I’m sure many agree that Saturday mornings are a precious time of the week. Even more so in Nepal, where Saturday is the only day…