Category: Pain management

What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain

What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain

WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT INJURY AND PAIN Free online talk with Dr Caroline Marlow PhD Thursday 21 November 2024 (7-8pm) Join Dr Caroline Marlow PhD (Injury and Pain Psychologist at The Putney Clinic), for this free, informative online talk titled ‘What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain’ on Thursday 21 November (7-8pm). Anyone can experience injury or pain at any time. Some people heal quickly, whereas, for others, injury or pain […]

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The truth about pain

The Truth About Pain

In the 17th century, René Descartes, French scientist and philosopher, revolutionised the understanding of pain. He postulated that injured tissue in the body sent pain signals via the nerves to the brain. The brain then translated this message and we become conscious of pain. Although this concept survived for nearly 300 years, modern pain research over the last 50 years has shown this to be incorrect. So, what is the truth about pain? Modern pain […]

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Skills To Cope With Chronic Pain – Part 3 Coping

In part 1 of our blog post on skills to cope with chronic pain, we talked about the skills of understanding, acceptance and calming, in part 2 we discussed balancing and in this post we are going to cover the fifth skill – coping. THE FIFTH SKILL: Coping That is, having tips, techniques, and plans to use when the pain is bad. You need more than just taking pain medication at these times. Distraction & […]

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Skills To Cope With Chronic Pain – Part 2 Balancing

In part 1 of our blog post on skills to cope with chronic pain, we talked about the skills of understanding, acceptance and calming. In this post we are discussing the fourth skill – balancing. THE FOURTH SKILL: Balancing You need to create a balanced and sustainable lifestyle, which will require some tools. Patients with pain who describe themselves as being successful in managing their pain all report that they have developed a pattern of […]

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Skills To Cope With Chronic Pain – Part 1

Living with pain on a daily basis can be physically and emotionally exhausting, not just leaving you in severe discomfort but also influencing your mood and overall sense of wellbeing. There is an overwhelming amount of information out there on what to do, or not do, and so much advice that it can be hard to know where to start, so we’ve offering some help. This is the first part of ways of coping.   […]

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How Physical Therapy Can Help If You Suffer From Chronic Pain – Part 2

ACTIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY In our last blog post, How Physical Therapy Can Help If You Suffer From Chronic Pain, we discussed how passive physical therapy techniques can help. Passive therapies, such as deep tissue massage, manual therapy, hot and cold therapy, transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation (TENS), ultrasound, dry needling and strapping or bracing, are generally done in conjunction with active therapies. In the active part of physical therapy, your therapist will teach you various exercises to improve […]

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