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This is a two-part series looking at the pathophysiology, clinical assessment and treatment of a common elbow pain condition, lateral epicondylalgia. In this blog we discuss new research that explains the complexities of this condition, why tennis elbow and epicondylitis are terms no longer used and how our assessment should be structured.
Read MoreGraded motor imagery is a key treatment approach for patient with chronic pain conditions. It is a biopsychosocial approach that address all aspects of how a person lives with their pain. GMI uses motor imagery to retrain movement neurotags without activating pain neurotags and follows a suggest graded pathway from left/right discrimination through to mirror therapy.
Read MoreIn January I enrolled for another awesome online course through Coursera on Visual perception and the Brain. I would have never anticipated to learn so much about the extent to which visual illusions exist in our everyday sight, and how many discrepancies exist between what we see and the physical reality of what we are looking at. The aim of this blog is to share this information about the visual brain and related it back to a pain treatment known as graded motor imagery.
Read MoreHere is a list of all our blogs revolving around pain science, pain education and pain management.
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