Body in Mind

Mirror therapy is a promising alternative to contemporary neurorehabilitative interventions such as robotic-assisted therapy, bilateral arm training, and constraint-induced therapy given its low cost and simplicity. We examined the effect […]

Do you know what your back looks like? And if you now compare your back to your hands, what appears more familiar to you? In contrast to other body areas, […]

Qu. What do a rat, a fur coat, and a Santa mask have in common? Ans. Ethically dodgy science! ‘Little Albert’ was the victim of early 20th century psychology experimentation. […]

Persistent pain, in conditions such as complex regional pain syndrome and chronic low back pain, is associated with cortical changes and altered tactile acuity.[2-4, 6, 7] Tactile acuity is thus considered […]

At first I felt a bit weird with them telling me I had arthritis and that. I thought it was a bit of a joke. Then they showed me the […]

There is no shortage of clinical guidelines for CRPS. Since 2010 we have had guidelines from the Netherlands, from the UK and in the last few months from the USA. […]

Many of you may be aware of the process for making left/right judgments of hands. For those who aren’t, I’ll try to sum it up in brief. When trying to […]

“Every time it hurts I think it is getting worse and I am killing, I am breaking down, I am killing myself so I will do anything I can to […]

This commentary was first published in the Journal of Pain.  We thought it was worthwhile to publish it again here: Almost everyone suffers acute pain. Why do most recover, but an […]

Clinical research into the management of low back pain has shown that the current available treatments offer, at best, only moderate effects. Our Spinal Research Group at the University of […]