When thinking about pain, we have clear guidelines for three classification types:
- Nociceptive pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Nociplastic pain
Patients with pain lasting longer than three months usually fall into the nociplastic category. Lorimer Moseley recently described nociplastic pain in layman’s terms, by using the term, pain system hypersensitivity.
This exciting area of practice allows us to get our creative juices flowing, and address an important driver of pain system hypersensitivity, namely, sensory-motor dysregulation. (Bagg et al, 2022).
When our bodies no longer “feel” like they can do the job they were supposed to do, this disconnect between the sensory and movement systems in our body is an important target to address. Novel, non-threatening exercises become an important part of our exercise prescription for people with persistent pain.
Join Carolyn Vandyken, a pelvic health clinician, researcher, and McKenzie credentialed therapist as she reflects on her work over the last decade in creating novel movement practices for persistent pelvic and spinal pain.
I found it very, very relevant to improving the assessment and ECP of patients with chronic pain. It’s a dimension we don’t often see considered. I liked his clinical case; I had the impression that it was drawn from some of my patients.
In terms of points to optimize, it went very, very, very fast. I had the impression that Carolyn had tried to condense the content of a 3-hour training course into 50 minutes, or as if she were presenting to her peers, already experts with the concept of sensory-motor dysregulation. I’m aware that it’s possible to do other courses with her, and she may offer (sell) them via other channels too. It’s just that I was left with the impression of having just skimmed over a course outline, but without being able to apply anything to my clinical practice. As a result, I’m reluctant to take further courses with her, for fear of not being able to apply the other learnings.
Hello Evelyne,
Thank you for taking the time to share your comments on this webinar!
We’re delighted to hear that you found the content relevant to improving the assessment and management of patients with chronic pain. We have taken good note of your point concerning the density of the training content. We would like to inform you that this trainer’s second course is much appreciated by all, as it is comprehensive and practical for therapists. We hope that you will have the opportunity to discover this training which, we are sure, will better meet your expectations.
Once again, thank you very much for your feedback and for your confidence in our company.
The Bia Éducation team
Interesting approach to pain.