Pain: Do you really get it? Professor Lorimer Moseley, 4 March 2016

IMB Semniar
Ever wondered why major injuries are sometimes pain-free? Ever wondered how you got that bruise on your leg? Ever wondered why your legs hurt more one day on the bike than the other? Why 1 in 5 people have chronic pain but only some of them have evidence of chronic injury? Ever wondered why sadomasochists do what they do when it hurts so much? Ever wondered whether it really hurts at all?
These questions entertain pain scientists, who come in all shapes and sizes, from epidemiologists to molecular biologists, but they share one perspective-that pain is subserved by very complex biological events.
In this talk, Professor Moseley presents evidence, from anecdote to error bars, that pain is not a marker of tissue damage or pathology.
He argues that such a conceptualisation of pain, although popular, is based on an outdated model, is unhelpful when it comes to taking on the burden of chronic pain, and would be a daft situation anyway, destined to drop us out of the gene pool quick smart.
Professor Moseley outlines some of the major advances in the clinical management and prevention of chronic pain, as he sees them, from the perspective of a clinical scientist working in interdisciplinary research and clinical teams.
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[@mkkrupp2462]

Fascinating. Came here after this Professor was mentioned very favourably in The Brain’s Way of Healing, by Norman Doidge ( who wrote The Brain That Changes Itself.)

[@user-kk5kr5ys6i]

The placebo effect is an utterly fascinating phenomenon!

[@lindadick4663]

As a chronic pain sufferer I find the humour quite insulting. It is real pain that people are experiencing and you and your audience are laughing about it. Instead of complaining about the welfare cost of treating the 'huge burden on society' we need to look at the socioeconomic cause of the development from acute pain to chronic pain and hence, the obvious need for both early intervention and affordability of treatment.

[@tousifk3138]

Maybe that what he's speaking about, behavior neuro science, like we ppl get easily insulted, but I understand what ur saying, if a doctor laughs or says it's all in the head then ya it feels sad,

[@shillindylan]

Why don't you unclench a little and choose to be insulted by any of the myriad more insulting things plaguing women, especially those named Linda Dick, in today's world? This guy has your back and is helping alleviate your pain through education and humor, whether you can see it or not.

[@jackpeters4930]

If u can’t laugh then you’ll cry. I have chronic neurological pain and laughter has saved my life so why don’t u fuck off