The Pleasure of Learning

Posted by Luke on July 20, 2011 in Neuroscience

According Irving Biederman of the University of Southern California and Edward Vessel of New York University, the process of acquiring new knowledge might actually be analgesic. Beiderman and Vessel believe that humans

Allan Basbaum on Pain and the Brain

Posted by Luke on January 11, 2010 in Pain science, Patient education, Video

Allan Basbaum at UCSF takes a look into our current understanding of the function of the human brain and some of the important diseases that cause nervous system dysfunction.

Explain Pain audio preview

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Micheal Merzenich on re-wiring the brain

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Chistopher DeCharms looks inside the brain

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VS Ramachndran talks about pain

Posted by Luke on in Pain science, Video

Great lecture from the Beyond Belief conference.

David Butler on graded motor imagery

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David Butler on graded motor imagery 4 parts (click the right arrow to get to the next video)

Neil Pearson’s webcasts on pain (Canadian Pain Coalition)

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Cutting edge science on our understanding of pain and emerging ideas about therapy Part I: Overcome Pain, Live Well Again (45 minutes) Part II: Pain is like Vision (42 minutes)Part III: Neuroplasticity

Placebo: the Meaning Response

Posted by Luke on November 20, 2009 in Placebo

Understanding which components of the therapeutic encounter are valuable in producing positive responses to a health care intervention is an important responsibility of every health profession. The ability to produce specific treatment

Sacroiliac joint fusion and the implications for manual therapy diagnosis and treatment

Posted by Luke on August 9, 2009 in Clinical assessment, Low back pain, Manual therapy

Assessment and treatment for sacroiliac dysfunction is common in manual therapy management for spinal pain and is based on the assumption that small movements occur at the sacroiliac joints (SIJ). SIJ dysfunction