Are athletes special people?   November 28th, 2016
Of course they are. We all have witnessed them and their exceptional performances during last summers’ Olympic games, the once-every-four-year alibi for sports fanatics to avoid bodily movement while watching their favourites giving the best of themselves.
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WCPT Post-congress course: Osteoarthritis: Balancing Biomechanics with Pain Neuroscience   November 27th, 2016
On the 5th of July, Dr Isabel Baert, Dr Enrique Lluch en Dr Mira Meeus, all Pain in Motion members, will give a post-congress course at the World Congress of Physiotherapy (WCPT), together with Dr Ina Diener, from Stellenbosch University and University of the Western Cape.
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Pain neuroscience education for patients undergoing lumbar surgery?   November 26th, 2016
On October 3rd 2016 a (Dutch) blog post was published on our website concerning a study comparing ‘back school’ and ‘brain school’ in patients undergoing surgery for lumbar radiculopathy, titled “Rugschool of pijneducatie bij chirurgie voor lage rug- en beenpijn”.
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Pain Treatment in Temporomandibular Disorders and Orofacial Pain: LESS IS MORE   November 25th, 2016
Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD) and orofacial pain are conditions that have been drawing more attention from Physical Therapists (PTs) in the recent years.
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What you see is what you get?   November 24th, 2016
What you see is what you get, no? Not for whiplash patients!
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7 geboden voor mensen met lage rugpijn   October 12th, 2016
Lage rugpijn blijft één van de duurste en meest invaliderende problemen van onze Westerse samenleving. Logisch dus dat voor vele stakeholders (patiënten, paramedici, artsen, firma’s en overheden) de focus hierop ligt.
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What pain education programs can learn from teachers and their class with 6-year olds…   October 11th, 2016
In Belgium nearly every hospital has a specialized pain center to treat patients with chronic and/or debilitating pain. These pain centers developed and evolved over the years and became multidisciplinary teams.
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Netwerk Pijnrevalidatie Limburg (Nederland)   October 9th, 2016
Het Expertisecentrum Pijn en Revalidatie, waarin Adelante en MUMC+ samenwerken op het gebied van chronische pijn, streeft naar toegankelijke revalidatiezorg bij chronische pijn voor zeer complexe en minder complexe problematiek. Hiervoor lanceert zij het Netwerk Pijnrevalidatie Limburg.
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Margot De Kooning, PhD candidate   October 4th, 2016
(August 30, 2016) 7:15 pm: The moment Margot De Kooning got rewarded for five years of hard work, by being promoted to ‘Doctor in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy’.
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​Rugschool of pijneducatie bij chirurgie voor lage rug-en beenpijn?   October 3rd, 2016
Jaarlijks worden enkele duizenden patiënten geopereerd voor lage rugpijn met uitstraling naar het been (lumbale radiculopathie). Onderzoek wijst uit dat 23-28% postoperatief chronische pijn zullen ontwikkelen.
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Pneumogastric (Vagus) Nerve Activity Indexed by Heart Rate Variability in Chronic Pain Patients Compared to Healthy Controls: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis   October 1st, 2016
In this blogpost, the most important elements of this systematic review and meta-analysis are highlighted.
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Psychosocial factors play an important role in the course of shoulder pain   August 31st, 2016
Shoulder complaints are common in physiotherapy practice and consist of pain and functional limitations.
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Measuring activity limitations and participation restrictions in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome   August 31st, 2016
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complex syndrome with severe and debilitating fatigue. The experienced fatigue is not sufficiently reduced by resting, causing patients to perform less occupational, educational, social or personal activities and consequently restricting their participation.
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Chronic Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Reorganization of the Brain?   August 31st, 2016
A wide range of human brain imaging techniques has provided the opportunity to explore in vivo the neurophysiological processes of the brain. This neuroimaging research has shown neuronal plasticity, which refers to the possibility of the central nervous system including the brain to adapt but also to maladapt structure, function and organization.
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Whiplash, painful stress or stressful pain? Pain modulation in patients with whiplash associated disorders: studies examining the role of the autonomic nervous system and visual feedback   August 17th, 2016
Margot De Kooning will present her PhD in public on Tuesday 30 August 2016 at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels Health Campus (Jette).
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Central sensitisation and sensory hypo-sensitivity: a paradox or a sub-grouping?   July 25th, 2016
The current definition of central sensitisation (CS) pain describes CS as manifesting in a generalised hyper-sensitivity of the somatosensory system.
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Dysfunction and treatment implications regarding the pectoralis minor in shoulder impingement syndrome   June 1st, 2016
The scapula plays an important role in the function of the shoulder. During humeral elevation of the arm, a complex scapular movement of upward rotation, posterior tilt and external rotation is needed to create a stable base for the glenohumeral joint.
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Five Requirements for Effective Pain Neuroscience Education in physiotherapy practice   June 1st, 2016
Pain neuroscience has taught us that pain can be present without tissue damage, is often disproportionate to tissue damage, and that tissue damage (and nociception) does not necessarily result in the feeling of pain.
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The patient with pain is central not the therapist   May 9th, 2016
​One important aspect of dealing with patients with central pain syndromes is that no two patients are the same. Patients with persistent pain differ in their complaints and pain characteristics. Besides their pain related symptomatology, also their coping-style is different.
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Moving on to movement in patients with chronic joint pain   May 9th, 2016
In the new edition of ‘Pain: Clinical Updates’ we published in connection with the ‘2016 IASP Global Year Against Pain in the Joints’ an overview paper to help clinicians prescribing/developing exercise programs for patients with chronic joint pain.
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Reappraising entrapment neuropathies: Mechanisms, diagnosis and management   May 9th, 2016
Traditionally the clinical manifestation of entrapment neuropathies (e.g., carpal tunnel syndrome, cervical and lumbar radiculopathy) is considered to be driven by local mechanisms and signs and symptoms should follow a clear anatomical pattern limited to the structures innervated by the affected peripheral nerve, or restricted to the corresponding dermatome, myotome and sclerotome.
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Effect of joint mobilization on central pain processing in knee osteoarthritis   May 9th, 2016
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is predominately characterized by knee pain, which can lead to impaired physical function and decreased quality of life
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Chronic stress affects brain morphology and functioning: relevance to cancer survivors and chronic pain?   April 4th, 2016
Many patients with chronic pain suffer from stress intolerance, and some patients have developed chronic pain during or following a stressful period or (life) event (e.g. motor vehicle accident, trauma exposure). When chronic pain is present, stress typically worsens the pain (severity). Taken together, stress and chronic pain are closely connected. In this blog post fascinating research findings regarding the effect of chronic stress on the brain are presented, providing a neuroscientific explanation why chronic stress may lead to the development of chronic pain.
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The nocebo effects of communication   March 21st, 2016
I once was told by a former colleague that I would most definitely get back pain if I didn’t stop slumping in my L1 vertebra. Of course today I am still ‘slumping in my L1 vertebra’ and no, I don’t believe that it will ever cause me back pain.
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Chronic pain in athletes: Is it time to change our point of view?   March 19th, 2016
The prevalence of chronic sports injuries is high, while the etiology and pathophysiological mechanisms have largely remained unknown. To date, the most commonly used approach is limited to a biomedical one, focused on abnormalities and inflammation.
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Neck pain, cervical movement control dysfunction and the influence of scapula on neck pain: results of a PhD   March 19th, 2016
Recently, I finished my PhD on Fisioterapia Manual at the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). This PhD comprises five manuscripts related to neck pain, cervical movement control dysfunction and the influence of scapula on neck pain.
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The periaqueductal gray (PAG): not just a simple node in descending pain modulation   March 19th, 2016
The role of the periaqueductal gray (PAG) has been described in many studies regarding pain processing. This structure, located in the midbrain around the cerebral aqueduct, is mainly known as a key region in descending pain modulation.
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