5 Ways to Explain Pain – From the Super Simple to the Very Complex

Explaining pain is like climbing a great mountain.  Lorimer and David started building their house of pain decades ago and their journey of a thousand miles started with just one step – just like yours. Today they have a mother lode of ways to explain pain and simplify the science of pain.  It’s useful to […]

MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING AND PAIN NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION: HOW THEY DIFFER AND HOW THEY CAN COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER

Motivational Interviewing and Pain Neuroscience Education are two approaches that have been shown to be useful when treating patients with chronic pain (1,2). While research supports both treatment strategies individually, there is currently no research exploring the potential benefits of integrating both motivational interviewing and pain neuroscience education into the management and treatment of chronic […]

How to Bill for Psychologically Informed Physical Therapy (PIPT)

How many times have you seen the words “not medically necessary” on a denial letter for a patients bill?  How many times have you provided quality, evidence-based, one-one-one patient pain care only to receive a letter from the insurance company that the claim was DENIED! When a claim is denied a practitioner’s first instinct is […]

Exploring physiotherapists’ beliefs about psychologically informed care

Our failure to address chronic pain naturally and safely has led to unacceptably high human, social, and economic costs. Nowhere is this more prevalent than with low back pain (LBP).   Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and a growing health concern. Globally the number of years lived with disability (YLD) due […]