When is an individual ‘sensitive’ versus ‘sensitised’?   July 4th, 2018
The following blog will discuss the difference between ‘sensitivity’ and ‘sensitization’ and how this might relate to central sensitization pain.
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​Was je erbij? Een geweldig Pain in Motion Symposium in Antwerpen!   June 26th, 2018
Het zonnetje schijnt en de zaal is vol! Ondanks alle verleidingen buiten is er aan het mooie bankgebouw van BNP Paribas Fortis aan de Meir een grote groep kinesitherapeuten/fysiotherapeuten, artsen, afgevaardigden van patiëntenverenigingen en onderzoekers samen gekomen om de laatste inzichten over pijnrevalidatie met elkaar te delen.
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Save the date: Pain Science in Motion III in Savona, Italy   June 18th, 2018
JOIN US AT PAIN SCIENCE IN MOTION! May 31 – June 2, 2019 in Savona, Italy
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Shoulders to Shoulder: Need for shared decision making in rotator cuff treatment!   June 18th, 2018
Although evidence on psychosocial factors affecting the prognosis after rotator cuff repairs is scarce, a recent systematic review (Coronado et al., 2018) reported that preoperative patient expectation is an important predictor of patient-reported outcomes in patients after rotator cuff surgery.
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PAIN, MIND & MOVEMENT: APPLYING SCIENCE TO THE CLINIC SATELLITE MEETING OF THE 17TH WORLD CONGRESS ON PAIN   May 4th, 2018
The scientific committee is proud to announce the program for the Pain, Mind & Movement ‘Applying Science to the Clinic’ Satellite Meeting of the 17th World Congress on Pain.
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Where am I in the central sensitization process? It is not just a matter of time; it is time to take action!   May 3rd, 2018
Central sensitization is an ongoing process in which duration might affect its reversibility.
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Associations between central sensitization and cognitive behavioral factors in chronic low back pain   May 2nd, 2018
​Chronic low back pain (CLBP) is a major problem in today’s society, and often no specific medical cause can be found for the patient’s complaints.
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Call for clinical workshops & oral presentations at the Pain, Mind & Movement: Applying science to the clinic Satellite Meeting of the 17th World Congress on Pain   March 16th, 2018
The scientific committee of the Pain, Mind & Movement: Applying Science to the Clinic satellite meeting welcomes submissions for oral presentations and clinical workshops.
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Symposium Motion in Pain   March 12th, 2018
Verschillende sprekers geven een antwoord op relevante vragen omtrent pijn bij bewegen waar clinici, therapeuten en onderzoekers mee worstelen. Symposion "Motion in Pain", 30 mei 2018 @ Auditorium Hélène Fourment.
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The invisible injuries: Post-Concussion Syndrome VS. Whiplash Associated Disorder   March 7th, 2018
On Thursday January 18th, I was looking at the newspaper and the latest news sport header read: “football career ends after concussion: ‘Good guidance’ was missing”.
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Chronic pain management – What is the role of the occupational therapist?   March 1st, 2018
This is a question that all patients, the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team and more importantly all occupational therapists should ask.
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Are there opportunities for hypnosis and other forms of complementary medicine in chronic pain?   January 24th, 2018
About 20% of the European population will tell you they do experience chronic pain every day (Breivik et al., 2006).
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Acupuncture Analgesia and Chronic Whiplash   January 18th, 2018
An acupuncture treatment can reduce pain sensitivity in patients with chronic whiplash associated disorders (WAD). But it has been hypothesized that many of the experimental results in acupuncture research could be interpreted as stress-induced analgesia.
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INVITED BLOGPOST: A change of perspective: altered muscle activation in the ACL deficient individual   December 12th, 2017
Much of my early professional years were spent watching competitive sports. After 1-2 years in general practice I was hired by Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana, as Assistant Athletic Trainer. Tulane University competed in Division I Athletics which meant that a majority of their student athletes attended on a ‘full-ride’ scholarship; our ability to keep them healthy was taken quite seriously.
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Inaugural lecture Enrique Lluch Girbes as visiting professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel   December 12th, 2017
Inaugural lecture Enrique Lluch Girbes as visiting professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel: ‘Osteoarthritis pain: understanding pain mechanisms & combining pain neuroscience education with Mulligan manual therapy’.
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Differences between recurrent and chronic pain and their clinical implications   December 11th, 2017
In low back pain there are clear clinical differences seen between recurrent and chronic low back pain patients.
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INVITED BLOGPOST: Mindfulness Training for the Treatment of Chronic Back Pain   December 8th, 2017
When patients with chronic back pain present with poor body awareness, high stress levels, catastrophic thinking and fear-avoidance behaviors, physical therapists need biopsychosocial treatment interventions in addition to standard practices based on structural impairment to achieve pain relief and functional improvement.
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Invited blogpost: The efficacy of neurodynamics or neural mobilisation for nerve-related musculoskeletal conditions   November 7th, 2017
Neurodynamics or neural mobilisation is an intervention aimed at restoring the altered homeostasis in and around the nervous system (Coppieters and Nee 2015).
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Can you as a clinician recognize the dominance of central sensitization in patients with knee osteoarthritis pain in your routine clinical practice?   November 6th, 2017
A universally accepted term for the phenomenon ‘central sensitization’ in humans is not available yet and a proof of this fact is that its use in scientific literature is still under debate (Kosek et al. 2016).
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Who is at risk of developing central sensitisation? Our systematic review.   November 2nd, 2017
This is a question most clinicians dealing with people in pain must have asked themselves many times before. We have too.
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Resilience in the face of pain   October 31st, 2017
Readers of this blogpost are all aware of the huge impact that chronic pain has on both personal lives and society as a whole. The numbers speak for themselves and point to the urgent need for improvements in the ways we conceptualize pain in our theoretical frameworks and how this works out in clinical practice.
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The dark side of exercise: when physical activity is perceived as threatening   October 26th, 2017
The effect of exercise therapy has been extensively studied in health and disease. While it is broadly agreed that a program of exercises is beneficial, the same cannot be said for a single session. Symptoms worsening following exercise is indeed a common feature in people with chronic pain.
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Risk factor for the development of pain in breast cancer survivors   September 11th, 2017
In Belgium, every year, nearly 75.000 patients are diagnosed with cancer. That’s 205 patients a day, 9 patients an hour.
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‘Wouldn’t it be better to build up a child with chronic pain than it is to repair an adult?’   September 10th, 2017
I bet you all know someone in your close environment – a friend, family member, workmate - who suffers from chronic pain. Maybe chronic pain even controls your own life from time to time? Let me reassure you, you’re not the only one.
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Excepcional calidad de España   August 25th, 2017
Friday, July 14, 2017 in the beautiful Aulario V, Faculty of Physiotherapy of the University of Valencia (Spain): Enrique Lluch Girbés is defending his PhD in front of an international jury of experts.
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