Body in Mind

People living with pain often find themselves in situations in which they have to choose between protecting themselves from pain and pursuing other plans or goals. For example, should I […]

Physical Activity and Chronic Pain: From Cells to Systems and Beyond This workshop concentrated on the role of physical activity and exercise in the prevention and treatment of chronic pain, […]

Dr Eloise Carr (University of Calgary), Chair of the IASP Pain Education SIG coordinated the session “Innovative Approaches to Pain Education”. The goal of this session was to provide an […]

Have a quick skim of the last blog post: this one follows on, as Part 2 of our synopsis of Professor Johan Vlaeyen’s plenary lecture at the World Congress on […]

Professor Johan Vlaeyen delivered his plenary lecture at the World Congress on Pain over video. The IASP promised to provide the recording on their website, but some of you had […]

The official title of the John J. Bonica Distinguished Lecture at the World Congress on Pain was actually ‘Effect of Environment on the Long-Term Consequences of Chronic Pain’. Prof Catherine […]

Adios Buenos Aires, IASP World Congress is always such a big beast. Vast conference halls, so many possible sessions to attend, so many posters to view and in this case […]

“I would never bend over to pick something up. I try to brace myself on any move. Because every time time it hurts I think that I’m doing more damage. […]

Pain is not just a sensory experience. Of course, there is a key biological element to pain, but there is also a much broader range of factors that may influence […]

In those of working age there is a known association between pain and increased risk of mortality (excess mortality) for both men and women. Macfarlane et al (2001) found that […]