“I can’t really understand ‘em” (Middle aged Aboriginal man with chronic low back pain) Have you ever heard someone say this or words of similar effect after they have seen a health practitioner such as ...
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Communication and chronic low back pain; are there lessons from Aboriginal Australians?
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A clash of beliefs: why our Western approach to pain didn’t work in a rural Zulu community
Graduating as a health professional can be both exciting and daunting. When we first qualified as physiotherapists, we couldn’t wait to get started. We were sent to a beautiful, rural, remote area of South Africa ...
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Exercise for chronic whiplash: does it matter how we do it?
In the grand scheme of things there is a dearth of high quality research evaluating the effectiveness of treatments for people with a chronic whiplash injury. Much of what has been done has been directed ...
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Are pain and disability associated with thoughts and feelings?
You have probably heard that a person’s psychological state (such as their mood, emotions, thoughts and beliefs) can influence the pain they experience and also how they respond to pain. In the past, lots of ...
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How do I love thee? One size does not fit all
The appropriate question is not which emotion regulation strategies are most effective but rather when they are effective and for whom.