Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common gut–brain disorders and if you ask your patients, you’ll find that many quietly experience its symptoms. For those living with IBS, the [...]
I’ve always been a big fan of imagined movement as are many elete athletes. However visualization is not something most physiotherapists talk about because, of course, we want people to move. But [...]
A 2025 study supports the Pain Overlap Theory which is the idea that social and physical pain share common neural pathways. In other words, when we feel emotionally hurt or excluded, the same [...]
In school we learned about the 3 basic pain classifications, acute, subacute and chronic but there is also another method of classifying pain, Nociceptive, Neurogenic and Nociplastic. Nociceptive [...]
This study explored how a doctor’s beliefs about a treatment’s effectiveness influenced a patient’s experience of pain relief. The findings revealed that when doctors believe that a [...]
Reference: The Pain Podcast LE PUB Scientifique by Tim Beams & Bart Van Buchem Pain acceptance is often wrongfully perceived as being that passive act of giving up and simply “living with [...]
Reference: The Pain Podcast LE PUB Scientifique by Tim Beams & Bart Van Buchem People in pain naturally desire a solution; whether it’s medication, manipulation, massage, stretching, lotions, [...]
When it comes to chronic pain, there is little evidence to support the use of a pain diary where one writes down their pain details such as intensity, duration, and medications taken. In fact [...]
The Conscious Mind (CM) is what we use to experience the world. It is also through the CM that we experience physical and emotional pains. Even though pain is experienced by the CM, it is only [...]
We generally have a tendency and desire to choose the path of least resistance in order to achieve our goals. This makes perfect sense — compared to effortless tasks, effortful activities are [...]
