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 fact, we now know pain is not a sensory input […]
PAIN: A Modern View On Why We Hurt (Part 2: Pain and the Brain)
Part 2: Pain and the Brain So we’ve been talking about Pain. More specifically, we’ve been trying to understand what causes pain? The hope here being a better understanding of pain will lead to more effective treatments. In Part 1 of this article series we discussed the shortcomings of traditional approaches to musculoskeletal care. There […]
I Hurt But Didn’t Do Anything?
Unfortunately, pain and injury are an inevitable fact of life. In some cases this pain occurs following a traumatic event such as rolling over on an ankle or falling on an outstretched arm. Of course we aren’t happy about these injuries, but at least they make sense….. “I’m in pain because of the trauma I […]