Tag: Biopsychosocial Model
Sleep and Chronic Pain – Research Update – March 2014
The association between poor sleep and chronic pain is an interesting subject. For those interested, I previously posted on Sleep and Chronic Pain back in September 2012. I had the following fantastic article forwarded to me by a colleague, and I thought it apt to provide a research update on this topic. Finan PH, Goodin BR, Smith MT. The association […]
Treatment of Chronic Pain?
Hopefully anyone seeing the title of this post will not be clicking on it thinking that I have the answers to chronic pain……please note the maze in the cover image and the question mark at the end of the title! Lets be honest, the outcomes that chronic pain patients are achieving, via all forms of […]
Education and Mindfulness – Research Evidence
Another short post, but one I intend to add to as I gather more research. As the title of this post eludes to…..this is about Research Evidence in relation to treatments such as Education and Mindfulness. Pain Physiology Education Louw et al (2011) Systematic Review to evaluate the evidence for the effectiveness of neuroscience education […]
Classification of Back and Neck Pain – Research Evidence
There appears to be numerous methods in the attempt at Classification of Back and Neck Pain. The purpose of this post is to summarise some of the more common classification systems. In addition to this I have also included some references that debate the merits of classifying pain states. Spine Pain Classification Shah (2012) Moral […]
The Role of Psychosocial Aspects and Beliefs in Chronic Pain
The following presents some of the key points from my readings into the role of psychosocial aspects and beliefs in chronic pain. It is interesting to see that psychosocial aspects appear to be far more important in predicting recovery (or non-recovery) from back pain than other “biomedical” measures. I have previously posted regarding co-morbidities and […]
The Biopsychosocial Model
Sorry for the delay in posts. Winter has not been kind for illness! For those not familiar with the Biopsychosocial model I would recommend that you read the following article in relation to the to biopsychosocial model. Gatchel RJ, Peng YB, Peters ML, Fuchs PN, Turk DC. The biopsychosocial approach to chronic pain: scientific advances and […]
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