Body in Mind

Our nervous system has the capability to reduce pain by activation of specific pathways that exert inhibitory effects on the messages entering the central nervous system during or after threat […]

We’ve heard a lot about non-invasive electrical brain stimulation recently (e.g. Body in Mind blog post tDCS – negotiating the ‘rising tide’ of hype), but does it really work for […]

Ebola is increasingly in the news with much information – and misinformation – in the media. The following are extracts adapted from two blog posts by Symplur [1,2], who are not […]

“I can’t really understand ‘em” (Middle aged Aboriginal man with chronic low back pain) Have you ever heard someone say this or words of similar effect after they have seen […]

Graduating as a health professional can be both exciting and daunting. When we first qualified as physiotherapists, we couldn’t wait to get started. We were sent to a beautiful, rural, […]

In the grand scheme of things there is a dearth of high quality research evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for people with a chronic whiplash injury. Much of what has […]

You have probably heard that a person’s psychological state (such as their mood, emotions, thoughts and beliefs) can influence the pain they experience and also how they respond to pain. […]

Pain is often considered a personal experience, but is in fact rarely private. Pain occurs in and is shaped by an interpersonal context. Specifically, pain grabs the attention of the […]

In 2009-10, the NIH Pain Consortium convened two workshops on chronic low back pain, noting that researchers use varied inclusion criteria, definitions, baseline assessments, and outcome measures. Such variation impedes […]

Low back pain is a very common problem and there is no known cause for the majority of cases. In clinical trials, many treatments seem to offer small, short-lived effects […]