Culture matters!!!   March 31st, 2023
Chronic pain is a common, difficult, and distressing problem that significantly impacts society and individuals. The cause of chronic pain is a complex interaction between biological, psychological, and social factors. Understanding chronic pain in the context of a bio-psycho-social model will help to develop treatment plans and prevention strategies.
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Have you ever felt your stomach growl? Your head pound? Your heart race? Your palms sweat?   March 30th, 2023
If so, do you know how you are able to feel these feels? To notice these feelings you need the help of an important sense called interoception. The word interoception might not sound very sexy, but this sense is really important. It has a huge influence on many areas of our lives like self-regulation, mental health and social connection1.
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Breaking the Cycle of Misinformation: Health Literacy's Role in Managing Chronic Pain   March 28th, 2023
Health literacy refers to a person's ability to access, understand, and use information related to health(care). This includes the ability to read and understand health information, to navigate healthcare systems, to communicate effectively with healthcare providers, and to apply the information to make decisions about one's own health.
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An Interdisciplinary Multimodal Integrative Healthcare Program For Somatic Symptom Disorder With Predominant Spinal Pain   March 27th, 2023
Somatic symptom disorders (SSD) are characterized by an excessive focus on somatic symptoms that causes significant emotional distress and a disruption of daily life. In addition, individuals suffering from a SSD often have excessive thoughts, feelings and/or behaviors related to these somatic symptoms and associated health concerns [1].
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Sleep and pain, a vicious cycle   March 24th, 2023
Are you experiencing pain? If yes, consider asking the next question: how well did you sleep last night?
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Don’t forget the practical context and the people involved in the target culture during the cultural adaptation of pain neuroscience education   March 23rd, 2023
Around six years ago, I went to Kisumu, Kenya for an International Aid and Development program (IAD). My landlord there shared an educational story in the field of IAD. “Once upon a time”, she said, “an American engineer found out that women in Kisumu needed to walk for hours to get fresh water and carry that water back home.
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Renaming pain catastrophizing: 
what do patients think about this?   March 22nd, 2023
Pain catastrophizing: as a clinician and/or researcher in the field of pain, this term may sound familiar to you. Pain catastrophizing is often broadly conceived as an exaggerated mental mindset during painful experiences (1). It has been identified as an important and consistent psychosocial predictor of almost every significant pain-related outcome.
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