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…
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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…
Effective Treatments for Low Back Pain: What Helps the Most
How many people do you know who have had low back pain at some point in their life? My guess would be A LOT! Low back pain is incredibly common and is the leading cause of disability world-wide (Hartvigsen, 2018). Because it is so ubiquitous, low back pain has been referred to as an “epidemic” and has even been…
The Art of Pain Science Education
If you are a physical therapist, doctor, nurse—really any healthcare professional, you will agree with me that pain is EVERYWHERE! It is part of the human experience to feel pain and pain is one of the main reasons that patients come to physical therapy1. If pain is so common and if pretty much all the…
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