“All truth passes through three stages: First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” - Arthur Schopenhauer A reminder to be humble about what we think we know, and what we ridicule.

Question for healthcare professionals and lay coaches who work in Pain Management: Do you feel valued for the work you do, helping and supporting people living with persistent pain❓

With all the arguments around FND recently and critiques about the unscientific basis of “neural software” explanations I’m curious what all the research experts think about how one scientifically structures studying “neural software”? #fnd #research #psychology #PTtwitter

There seem to be 2 ways the #FND diagnosis is used 1. To correctly diagnose a condition relating to brain network dysfunction and predictive errors in the brain 2. As a convenient catch all term for anything doctors don’t understand

I have a discussion with Roger Kerry this Friday. Tentatively planning on discussion how traditional philosophy of science and group level statistics lose unique people. What questions do you have for Roger?

👩🏻‍🏫 OT consensus recommendations for functional neurological disorder: theOThub.com/research-categ… (Plus+) #OccupationalTherapists have an integral role supporting people with #FND. Education, rehab within function and use of taught self-mgmt strategies are central to intervention.

Podcast from tomasz baniak on the how physical and mental health are interlinked. open.spotify.com/episode/30WAPD…

Can we normalize physical pain that results from emotional stress? Because there is no other good reason my back/SI started hurting hours after dropping my daughter off at daycare for the first time.. if we start acknowledging the possibility we start seeing the patterns.

1/ If we had "evidence-based" sex, researchers who get little sex themselves would write manuals w standardized instructions, do studies showing instruction-manual sex better than no sex, then declare it evidence based & the gold standard. And accuse critics of being anti-science

I hate articles like these. Especially when they are the top trending article on Apple News.. Plus the constant selling of pointless modalities 🙄 “Physical therapists say you're hurting your body if you aren't doing any of these simple things” - Mic apple.news/A3-ydVHHIQLqjd…

This is a really good start. I guess the only thing that really surprised me is they discourage traction. Not that I ever use it but I had never heard it did more harm than good in chronic back pain. who.int/news/item/07-1…

Ever been curious what the actual empirical evidence is supporting predictive processing models? In this new paper, we provide a thorough review of the empirical status of predictive coding and active inference models at the cognitive and neural level: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

It also explains why exposure therapy can be helpful for some people. If the prediction changes the pain changes. In my opinion though more treatments need to use how the brain interacts with these predictions in real time and alter them at that level.

Twitter is filled with so many vile people who attack someone for their experience of how they got better. How can anyone hope for progress in a complex field like ME/CFS if they refuse to listen to what people respond to and disincentive others from sharing what they find?