Patients who have persistent pain often want to know: Why has my pain lasted this long (is something wrong?)? and will it ever get better or go away? In Part 1 of this series (“How to Talk to Patients in Pain”), I tried to provide some ways to answer the common question from patients in…
Category: Pain Science
Physical Therapy Using A “Pain-Science” Informed Approach: Part 2: A “Mechanisms-Based Approach” to Pain Management
“Why Am I in Pain? And What Can I (and You) Do About It?” This question is one that I think the profession of physical therapy is uniquely positioned to help people understand! For individuals with musculoskeletal, nerve injury, or pain related to hypersensitivity of the nervous system, physical therapy may be one of the…
Physical Therapy Using A “Pain-Science” Informed Approach: Part 1: How to Talk to Patients in Pain
“Can you treat my pain, or do I just have to learn to live with it?” This is a question that I get a LOT as a physical therapist. Most of the patients that I see in physical therapy are coming in wondering how they can better control or alleviate their pain and if we…
Remember That Healing HAPPENS!
One of my specialty interests in physical therapy is teaching about pain science principles and also integrating these principles in my physical therapy practice when working with patients with persistent pain (and really all pain!). As I seek to practice in the most effective manner, but also communicate some of these principles, I am often…
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