Body in Mind

Nearly everyone experiences pain that is felt in the bones, joints, muscles, tendons, or ligaments at some point – commonly termed ‘musculoskeletal pain’. For example, 80-90% of people experience low […]

The left/right judgement task (LRJT) is a common method of assessing motor imagery performance. The LRJT  involves viewing images of a hand or foot [1], for example, and determining whether […]

Why is it that some individuals with chronic pain stay fairly active, and others are not? Why do individuals act the way they do? One possible answer to both questions […]

A little while ago now*, O’Keeffe et al published a systematic review and meta-analysis that showed little difference in effect between treatments they described as physical, psychological or combined. The […]

Chronic pain and other chronic health issues appear to have considerable links. For example, data published by the Australia Institute of Health and Welfare show 64.5% of people with chronic […]

I like to measure things. I mean, I really like to measure things. Not entirely sure where that comes from, possibly my love of The Count on Sesame Street during […]

Integrating best evidence on pain management within the entry-level training of healthcare professionals is arguably one of the most comprehensive and effective ways of closing the knowledge-to-practice gap within our […]

A diagnosis of chronic pain is not a milestone that parents and young people plan for. Similarly, knowing how to effectively respond to and care for a child who is […]

About thirty years ago, de Roos et al. [1] found some signal changes in the endplates of the lumbar vertebra on MRI that had not been described in the literature […]

“Physicians and patients usually harbor a concept of pain that involves a linkage between body damage and the pain reported by the patient. This is an inadequate concept that leads […]