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Fibromyalgia affects millions of people worldwide, yet it remains one of the most misunderstood chronic health conditions. Often referred to as an “invisible illness,” people living with fibromyalgia may appear perfectly healthy on the outside while struggling with widespread pain, overwhelming fatigue, poor sleep and cognitive difficulties every day. For many, the journey to diagnosis can be…

Mechanical vs Non-Mechanical Pain

I wrote a while back about posting in relation to the “Inverted Pyramid”.

The inverted pyramid principle is aimed at keeping what we do simple. I think as a profession we have a tendency to overcomplicate many things and “fluff” around doing and focusing on things that in some cases are of very little importance. Instead we should focus on the important stuff. Although maybe my brain just can’t…

Recommended Reading – Pain Classification – July 2015

Sorry for the lack of posts, I am busy with some updates of university lectures. As you can imagine I am a bit OCD about presenting up to date information in my lectures.

Given the time constraints at the moment I thought I might post the occasional article I come across in my lecturing preparations that I feel are worthwhile reads. This is the first one:

Low back pain: guidelines for the…

The Role of Manual Therapy

Now the most obvious key role of manual therapy is that it provides pain relief in some patients (for those interested in the research relating to the mechanisms of manual therapy this topic please see this previous post and this recent systematic review by Voogt et al (2014)). Pain reduction in patients is great, but there is something else that the patients response to manual therapy can assist…