🚨When pain becomes chronic, the brain gets stuck in "danger" mode. 🧠 This impacts not just how we feel - but also how we THINK. 🔥 A brain in danger-mode amplifies threat, triggering negative thoughts + predictions. 📣 Healing means targeting body AND brain 🙏🏼 #MedTwitter

Hot off the press!! Check out these cool findings from Brendan Mouatt Why use 9 questions when 1 will do? (Of course not that simple - 9 gives much more nuanced info…but I couldn’t resist the tag-line!!)

Read more in the publication titled, "Beyond pain, distress, and disability: the importance of social outcomes in pain management research and practice” by Ashton-James, Claire E.; Anderson, Steven R.; Mackey, Sean C.; Darnall, Beth D.

Great presentation by prof Tamar Pincus #LBPforum2023 on surgeons decisions to do surgery or not. The most important driver for surgery was a positive patient desire for surgery. Surgeons were convinced that their decisions were based on objective criteria, but 👇👇👇

The Pain Toolkit “For people who are now living with persistent pain after… cancer treatment” IS NOW AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD All proceeds go to cancer charities. ONLY £1.50. Please go to: paintoolkit.org/news/article/p… This is a Worldwide edition 🌎 Please share Thank you 😊

What is cognitive functional therapy? How it can reduce back pain and get you moving. theconversation.com/what-is-cognit…

Amazing and inspiring 🙌🏻

The time that Robert Smith went on a two-day bender with David Bowie's guitarist | Louder 🎸🎶💋 The Cure ⁦David Bowie Official⁩ ⁦ROBERT SMITH⁩ ⁦reeves gabrels⁩ ⁦Louder⁩ ⁦Niall Doherty⁩ #beyondguitar loudersound.com/features/the-t…

Wondered why a healthcare worker may not be able support you with SelfMgt skills? It’s often not their fault because they were not taught coaching SelfMgt skills, in their respective med school. Want to learn/increase your skills? paintoolkit.org/workshops #healthcoaching

What’s the point of pain❓ Excellent video for people with persistent pain and healthcare workers who support them 👍 bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/w… #painTOOLKIT = #SelfMgtLIVING 👍 #HealthCoaching

Really proud of Brydee Pickup. First #PhD paper out in PAIN Journal with the AMAZING Jemma Todd People (>800) with #endometriosis have interpretation biases greater than controls. These biases are associated with pain interference. Great work!! journals.lww.com/pain/abstract/…

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It takes SEVENTEEN YEARS for research to translate to clinical practice. 😱 No wonder we're stuck in the antiquated myth that pain is biomedical- rather than biopsychosocial. 🧠 How do we close this gap...? #painscience #MedTwitter #painawarenessmonth 🌟

Want something to do for #MentalHealthMonth in Oct? Join us USYD Psychology University of Sydney for a free panel discussion on #MentalHealth in the Digital Age Hosted by The Chaser's Julian Morrow & feat. Jasmine Fardouly, Dr Rebecca Pinkus, @DrAJCampbell, and Mark Dadds sydney.edu.au/science/news-a…