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One of our most popular blogs in 2015 was “We Are Self-Lubricating Animals”, which is now Neuroscience Nugget #49 in Explain Pain Supercharged. While…
Question 7 of The Explain Pain Assessment (from Explain Pain Supercharged) gets a little more complex so metaphor and some imagery will help us here. Some…
In pain physiology, simple and relatable metaphors can powerfully reshape how people think about their bodies. Nugget #67 – We Grow Like Trees reminds us…
‘Metaphors are not to be trifled with. A single metaphor can give birth to love’ Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being Another excerpt from Explain Pain…
I can recall an elderly neurologist presenting an undergraduate lecture in the early ’70s on peripheral nerve problems. I remember it because of a comment…
An excerpt from Explain Pain Supercharged Chapter 3: Supercharge your pain biology: “Patrick Wall, arguably the most influential pain scientist of the modern age, a committed anarchist and…
Many metaphors can be used to discuss the upregulated nervous system and the over-protective nature of persistent pain. One of these is “Sensitive Sensor Lights”….
Pain Revolution 2018 is now over – a 750 km bike ride and pain education tour across rural Australia. I am exhausted and I didn’t…
We’ve previously shared a series on The Eight Great Questions in the Explain Pain Assessment* from Explain Pain Supercharged. Everyone loved them – and why not – eight simple, powerful ideas to help elicit…
Easter egg, noun, delicious chocolatey goodness (except those small, solid ones that nobody really likes), but also, a secret feature, hidden element or inside joke…