Body in Mind

We recently published a paper on the function of the primary somatosensory cortex in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). The primary somatosensory cortex (S1) is a region of the cortex –the […]

Every day, around the world, clinicians and scientists are working hard to better understand and treat chronic pain. Important advances are being made every day. However, many people are left […]

This post is a shortened version of one that can be found on http://www.whipresearch.com/blog-home. This post is with respect to our recent publication in the Clinical Journal of Pain, in which […]

Lorimer: Those of you who have learnt anything at all about the biopsychosocial model as it relates to pain, and I would predict that is all of you reading this, […]

It’s something that almost five million Australians live with every day. One person in every four. That’s someone you know, or maybe it’s you. But despite this statistic, there remains […]

We know that repetitive training changes functional circuits and even the structure of the brain.  These structural changes are especially prominent in people who train for many years several hours […]

The First World Congress on Abdominal and Pelvic Pain was held in Amsterdam recently.  Having attended several pain conferences in the past, I curious how the joint effort of the […]

We’ve covered acupuncture  a lot on BiM and regular readers will be in little doubt about my interpretation of the evidence. The weight of acupuncture evidence is consistent with an […]

Phantom limbs are more than the mere phenomenal persistence of a physically lost extremity. They are experienced by paraplegic patients, who have lost sensorimotor control over still existing limbs, and […]

Imagine the following: A 5 year old girl reaches toward a hot stove. From the moment she touches the stove, she withdraws her hand and starts crying. Seeing this, her […]