A ponderance If I have sciatica and I am already active,not worried or catastrophizing and I seek treatment from you and you tell me this has a good prognosis and to stay active and not worry, I will seek care somewhere else. Can we stop the minimalistic nonsense?

Put the needle down! 💉 Those who have steroid injections for shoulder pain are more than 7 times likely to have a rotator cuff tear compared to those who do not have injections! 🤔 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35457390/

It does not appear that gut microbiome changes are associated with pain in people with fibromyalgia pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36149895/

Objective demonstration of the association between neck pain and sleep disturbance in chronic neck pain: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35044011/, supporting our recent self-report measures investigating sleep, pain and psychological measures pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36037089/

"acute stress disrupts connectivity underlying top-down emotion regulation of the threat response" pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34541896/

Stratifying care for LBP based on clinical pain phenotypes - an upcoming trial comparing duloxetine vs ACT vs manual therapy vs self-mgt journals.lww.com/painrpts/Fullt…

Task-related fear as compared to kinesiophobia is associated with changes in lumbar spine kinematics during flexion journals.lww.com/painrpts/Fullt…

"Chronic back pain is more heritable than acute back pain" journals.lww.com/painrpts/Fullt…

This appears to be a wonderful initiative (in Australia) for those with fear or anxiety with driving news.com.au/technology/mot…

PhD scholarship opportunity in #sensorytraining for #persistentpain supervised by myself, Prof. Lorimer Moseley and co. in Adelaide (must be Australian/New Zealand resident). Please share - applications close November 6! unisa.edu.au/research/degre…

Here is one option for post-grad PTs in Canada to expand their knowledge and clinical reasoning in orthopaedic physiotherapy.

Our updated longer term data on #PRP (+/- adjunct PT) in #ChronicWhiplash Only a case series, and requires validation in a controlled trial, but appears to be an option for some at least authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S27…

Is it time to ‘terminate’ steroid injections for tendinopathy?

BPS President, Roger Knaggs, commented on a recent study about prescribing gabapentinoids. Read more here: medscape.co.uk/viewarticle/st…

Pain within a biopsychosocial framework - we had challenges finding significant research on the social context of pain in chronic WAD, so we investigated it ourselves :) This is open access for those interested degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Physical activity should be the primary intervention for individuals living with chronic pain A position paper from the European Pain Federation (EFIC) 'On the Move' Task Force 👇👇👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38703009/