by Dr. Jason Gray | Jun 28, 2022 | Our Blog
Exercises for lower back pain is a critical and non-negotiable part of treatment and rehabilitation. This is about as close to an agreed upon, universal, undisputed fact that we can get when it comes to musculoskeletal care. And this applies across the spectrum of...
by Dr. Jason Gray | Jun 21, 2022 | Clinical Theory, Pain, Pain & Injury
There is a widely held belief that faulty movement patterns are a significant source of musculoskeletal pain and injury. The idea here is that improper joint motions put excessive stress on tissues that have trouble handling such a load. Over time the tissue breaks...
by Dr. Jason Gray | May 16, 2022 | Clinical Theory, Pain, Pain & Injury
PART 5: Re-Thinking A Movement Based Approach to Pain We’ve been talking a lot about pain in this article series. And from our discussions so far hopefully one thing is clear…Pain is far more than a simple reflexive response to tissue damage or injury. In...
by Dr. Jason Gray | May 3, 2022 | Clinical Theory, Pain
Part 4: The role of operant conditioning and pain We’ve been talking about pain. In Part 3 of this article series we introduced the the idea that the brain can “learn to hurt”. Through Classical Conditioning the brain has the potential to create...
by Dr. Jason Gray | Apr 26, 2022 | Clinical Theory, Pain
PART 3: Fear, learning, and pain From an evolutionary perspective, pain is a meant to protect us. It’s a tool your brain can call upon to help promote behaviors deemed most beneficial to survival of the organism. These were the key topics we covered in Part 2 of...
