The sensitization model provides nurses with an opportunity to explain pain as a physical cause related to changes in the nervous system. This explanation may improve the patient's motivation to discuss the imp
New research by scientists at Northwestern University in Chicago may explain why people who have chronic pain also suffer from seemingly unrelated problems such as depression, anxiety, lack of sleep and trouble focusing. "The pain is in your head," said Dr. Dante Chialvo, lead author of the ...
46,87, 88, 89 Consider, for instance, Fordyce's22 operant learning account to chronic pain. His approach was the first to point out to the important role of patients’ behavior in maintaining pain and disability. He specifically set out to explain when and why patients with chronic pain ...
To explain a few of the concepts, I’ll use my back pain as an example. Although, I feel the pain in my back, the perception of pain is created in the brain. Acupuncture works not only to heal the pain locally, in my back, but also in my brain. Unlike other approaches, ...
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That said, much more research is needed before scientists can definitively explain why some people love ASMR videos." And as to why some people don't like them? "I think that it relates to the scenarios that are being depicted. They often involve young females performing personal acts such...
A health coach can take the time to explain your test results to you, or they can come up with concrete, actionable steps you can take to implement your doctor’s directions. If your doctor tells you it’s time to lose weight, your health coach can support you in creating a diet plan...
How would you explain how that has come in because that’s come leaps and bounds in the last decades? That’s what we are really seeing. We are seeing an expansion of the scientific field to understand the phenomena that are real in terms of these strange, what we would call potentially...
However, current pain neurophysiology education (PNE) interventions show variable success in improving pain outcomes, and may be difficult to integrate with existing understanding of pain. This study aimed to investigate how people with chronic pain understand their pain, using qualitative exploration of...