Wednesday, July 23, 2008

NOI Notes

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Reaching everyone through a blog isn't easy. So for about 6 months now I've been writing a monthly newsletter along with my noigroup...
Friday, January 11, 2008

Calming therapeutic neuroscience narrative 2. “Zings and zaps from nerves”.

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There are many odd pains and sensations that people experience where the strangeness may evoke more stress and maybe even more pain. A fairl...
Monday, December 10, 2007

But what about the muscles and joints?

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Thankyou for your emails about “words that hurt”. A continuing discussion and a source of angst for some readers is the role of body tissues...
Thursday, November 15, 2007

Words that hurt - Part 2

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Thankyou for all the responses to the previous blog about painful words and phrases. There is no shortage of them and the context they are u...
Monday, November 5, 2007

Phantom pain – the great leveler

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Some time ago, one of my undergraduate pain science students came up to me after a lecture on phantom limb pain and said “but it is not re...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Calming therapeutic neuroscience narratives – mirror pains

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Now there is a novel title! A part of “Explain Pain” in the clinic is to give meaning to the patient’s symptoms. By providing meaning and ex...
Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Words that hurt

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There is a rhyme from school that we all know. “Sticks and stones will break your bones but words will never hurt you”. I recall getting in ...