OUR PAIN SCIENCE BLOG
A PROSE ON PAIN
CLINICAL PEARL 49: WE ARE SELF-LUBRICATING MACHINES
Without lubrication our bodies will not function - marvel at how your eyelids slide on your eyes, how tendons always glide, how joints are almost friction-free. Intervertebral Discs and the lining of the lungs need lubrication, and sexual intercourse simply wont...
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?
WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC? Chiropractic is the world third largest primary healthcare profession after Medicine and Dentistry. According to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) definition, chiropractic is: “a primary health care profession concerned with the diagnosis,...
WHAT IS GAIT ANALYSIS?
Gait analysis is when a trained specialist assesses the way that your body moves when walking. The human gait involves balance and coordination of muscles in a way that enables the body to propel forward in a rhythmic repetitive fashion. Gait analysis studies this...
HOW SHOULD WE WALK?
Orthotics are a prescription insole that fits into a person’s shoes. They are vastly different to insoles that you may purchase in the shops as they are designed to alter the structural or functional characteristics of the foot during gait. By altering the way someone...
WHAT ARE ORTHOTICS / INSOLES?
Orthotics are a prescription insole that fits into a person’s shoes. They are vastly different to insoles that you may purchase in the shops as they are designed to alter the structural or functional characteristics of the foot during gait. By altering the way someone...
CLINICAL PEARL 41: IT WON’T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT IT WILL HAPPEN
You've been experiencing pain for a long time now. Unfortunately there is no magic drug, no special massage or manipulation. This is a complex problem and it can only be solved with patience, persistence and courage! Stay positive, understand this may be a long...
CLINICAL PEARL 40: TAKE SOME HUG DRUG
Have you heard about oxytocin? Oxytocin is a neuropeptide produced mainly in the thalamus and released from the pituitary gland. A good dose of oxytocin has analgesic properties. There are scientific studies that suggest that enhanced oxytocin levels may decrease pain...
CLINICAL PEARL 4: ‘THE CROWN JEWELS’
Imagine the royal family has asked you to look after the crown jewels worth a million dollars for a week. Where would you keep them? (Here you are looking for the answer 'in a safe'). Exactly! Just like us - our most precious bit is our brain and we keep it enclosed...
CLINICAL PEARL 3: ‘THE BRAIN IS BOSS’
The body tells the brain when it is in danger (we call this 'Nociception'), not when its in pain. Ultimately the brain is boss it doesn't have to listen to the danger messages that come in from the body and may contribute to pain. Mind you, it is highly likely to...