Reduction of pain-related fear in complex regional pain syndrome

As promised, at last a post on graded exposure for pain-related anxiety and avoidance, as applied to complex regional pain syndrome, or CRPS. This paper was published in 2005, and as far as I know, there have not been any replications carried out, so it must be seen as an initial experimental approach that [...]

A nice lay summary of pain

I ran across this post today in my ongoing search through the net - Why do we have pain?. It’s a very brief article written by someone with fibromyalgia giving a pretty useful description of the difference between pain and injury or tissue damage. And a bunch of links to articles found [...]

It’s not enough just to feel - it’s about ‘what do you feel?’

 
Pain. 2007 Dec 1

Tactile discrimination, but not tactile stimulation alone, reduces chronic limb pain.
Moseley GL, Zalucki NM, Wiech K

This interesting study by the prolific Lorimer Moseley suggests that it’s not good enough for people with complex regional pain syndrome to just be exposed to tactile stimuli, but they need to do something with that [...]

Practical Mirror Therapy for Pain Relief

Mirror therapy has become one of the more recent innovations in nonpharmacological pain management for neuropathic pains including phantom limb pain and complex regional pain syndrome.
This guide is based on clinical practice, rather than pure experimental design. It’s based on practical observation during clinical sessions. As a result, it combines findings from research [...]

Hypnosis

Just included in this blog - my brief description of hypnosis and imagery in pain management! This is located in the ‘Coping Skills’ section - either click on the header above, or on the title on the link to the right.
If you have any questions or experiences using hypnosis, drop me a comment! [...]