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“In the past 25 years, we’ve discovered if we switch your thinking from unhealed injury to changes to the immune and nervous systems we have a lot of hope for recovery from persisting pain” Revolutionary messages from Prof Lorimer Moseley about #painrevolution on @abchobart
An extremely thought-provoking and ultimately human response about life with persistent pain. Thanks @jmatwood
Your 'what if' question isn't actually hypothetical. I can tell you from first hand experience. You seem to be an expert on what might help chronic pain patients so maybe you know this already, but for all the other abled people who can choose whether or not to experience pain...
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Feels important to share this paper: an insight into life with radicular pain. 3/14 people considering suicide
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‘Life on hold’: The lived experience of radicular symptoms. A qualitative, interpretative inquiry
This is sobering. 3 out of 14 contemplating suicide. Bloody Hell.
An interesting thread on pain, as experienced by fellow HCPs
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Huge thanks to all the speakers at #PainCloud UK as well as all those who attended and joined in on Twitter!
Wrapping up here at #paincloud
Great weekend - massive thanks to @NeilOConnell @kieranosull @DerekGriffin86 @paintoolkit2 @SandyHiltonPT @adiemusfree @paincloud1 #PainCloud and all the delegates.
Bronnie: defusion involves repeating thoughts out loud until they lose their power, not allowing them to brew and hold meaning #paincloud
Bronnie: committed action may be small daily actions related to values. Build meaning and movement in a positive direction #paincloud
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Bronnie: perhaps ‘willingness’ is a better word than ‘acceptance’ when it comes to pain. Get to know what your patients’ most important values are - what makes this process ‘worth it’ for them? #paincloud
Bronnie: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an alternative to struggling with feared symptoms. Just don’t focus too much on calling it ‘acceptance’ to patients! #paincloud
Bronnie: instead of saying “move your arms”, try “what’s good and then bad about not using your arms?”, “where does that leave you?”, “how important is it to x, y and z with your arms?” to start to generate motivation #paincloud
Bronnie: graded exposure is not ‘psychology’ - it’s a lot of stuff we are already skilled in #paincloud
Bronnie recommends book Pain Related Fear: Exposure Based Treatment for Chronic Pain by Vlaeyen #paincloud
Bronnie: fear affects our ability to ‘hear’ and learn: bear that in mind with patients #paincloud
Bronnie: a person’s pain may not have a name or known cause, it may be unpredictable - no wonder it’s associated with anxiety #paincloud