Matt presented to the club on The Science of Pain:
Pain is a necessary and essential part of life. It's a good thing…really!
Pain is a complex phenomena meant to act as a temporary deterrent to potentially harmful stimuli.
Pain is absolutely context dependent and a subjective experience.
The longer pain exists, the less likely it is directly attributable to a specific pathology/injury.
Physical changes within the brain occur with chronic pain (pain in existence >3 months) that can perpetuate the pain experience.
An elevated sensitivity to a region can be modified in many ways. Physical therapists use several modalities for treatment, education and movement are the primary.
The brain is plastic - we can readily make changes in its wiring, resulting in reduced pain levels.
Matt Fackner https://www.willowgrovept.com/
