Mindfulness refers to purposefully paying attention to moment-to-moment experiences in a nonjudgmental and accepting manner [1]. Although mindfulness has its roots in Buddhist traditions, there is nothing inherently religious or esoteric about the concept. In ...
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Mindful Teens Cope Better With Pain
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What is the relationship between physical activity and low back pain?
The Australian Twin low BACK pain (AUTBACK) study Almost all guidelines for the prevention and management of low back pain (LBP) emphasise the importance of regular physical activity and exercise [1, 2]. Surprisingly, the question ...
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Exercise for chronic whiplash – the road to Nullville.
It seems like only yesterday I was blogging about an important trial of targeted care for acute whiplash, which like other such trials returned a convincingly negative result. It seems that our best efforts at ...
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Tactile acuity training meets back pain meets Frankie goes to Hollywood
One of the most exciting areas of pain science at the moment is brain training. To me this is the idea that the patient’s brain image of the painful area does not match the physical ...
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Illusory self-identification with an avatar reduces arousal responses to painful stimuli
Pain experience can be modulated at different levels of processing and is influenced by higher cognitive function like attention and expectations. It has been shown recently that looking at one’s own hand, but not at ...