Georgina van Aarde Biokineticist

For this week we look at:
The Myth about Pain!
That Pain = Tissue damage

Unfortionalty this is something many people still believe. Luckily there has been a lot of research done to prove this is not the case. Pain is a protective mechanism (output) from the brain. It is like a smoke detecter going off from either a fire (tissue damage) or smoke (no tissue damge). However the sound it makes (intensity of pain) is the same for both!

Please watch this video for a good explanation on The Brain and Pain from Julia Gover a chiropractor with a special interest in pain.

We were built to move!!! Our bodies are fundamentally strong and remarkably equiped to heal itself. Being told to stop moving because of pain is inaccurate and untrue for the majority of people living with chronic pain ! It promotes fear of your own body and in turn will only increase your experience of pain and cause more fear and the vicious cycle will only continue. This causes unnecessary suffering and disability.

Pain and the brain | Julia Gover | TEDxNorthwich NOTE FROM TED: While some viewers might find advice provided in this talk to be helpful, please consult a licensed medical professional for pain management. ...

For 2022 I am excited to announce that I have been accepted and started a Postgraduate Diplima in Interdisciplinary Pain management through the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at UCT.

Completion will enable me to provide my patients with quality, patient-centerd services at all levels of the health care system to contribute towards optimising health in the broadest sense of the word.

This marks the start of a interdisciplinary, patient-centred practice with a special interest chronic pain.

Watch this very entrtaining video by Prof Lorimer Moseley for a explanation on "Why things hurt"

More "Pain" info to follow!

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