An athlete’s story of overcoming chronic pain
The following story was shared with us by Eleni Kalimnios Looking back I look back now, and I wish I had taken in that moment just…
View ArticleThe 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.…
View ArticleTalking 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…
View ArticleExplain Pain Online – instructor reflections, and a look into the future
And just like that NOI was offering Explain Pain Online. It started in Australia, and was quickly embraced in the US, UK, Europe and India. We…
View ArticleBull markets and pain metaphors
Explain Pain Online courses have come as a revelation to NOI. We were all a little unsure at first, but the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive…
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleA 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…
View ArticleDo 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…
View ArticleThe 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…
View ArticleThe sophisticated language of touch
Fantastic piece in Aeon from Laura Crucianelli on touch The need to touch “Looking after another human being almost inevitably involves touching them – from the…
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