Body in Mind

Newly edited we first published this blog post in 2010 just after the new year, now the text is freely available (see reference at the end of the post).  This is […]

Another oldie but goodie.  This one on what influences our enjoyment of Pringles. Sound bites – Foods that sound better taste better The pleasure we derive from eating obviously depends on […]

It’s summer time in the northern hemisphere and we thought it would be a good idea to look back over the years and post some crackers.  This one is particularly apt […]

It has long been one of my Sunday morning routines to read the Sunday New York times. In the July 12 edition of the “The Times” Joanna Burke offers an […]

In our last blog (Chronic Pain: Lost Inhibition?) we talked about the role of the thalamus in the development and maintenance of orofacial neuropathic pain. We reported that painful trigeminal […]

Margaret River in Western Australia has some of the best surfing in the world…great food and wine too…but that’s not all. There’s a bit of digital technology wave-riding happening over […]

Our thoughts shape our emotional and behavioural responses. This is a well-established principle in psychological research and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. We use preconceptions – known as “schemas” – to help […]

Asking your patient what they expect is the thing to do these days, the idea being that what they expect is likely to influence how they will end up. The […]

From the days of my infancy as a physiotherapist, I was raised on the teaching that pain should be measured by subjective means only. You have to ask the patient. […]

Everyone has a story about their back pain and one story you often hear is that the weather makes the person’s back pain worse. Topical now in Sydney as it […]