By Ariana Besse (B.Phty Hons) Short answer: No. Long answer: Your brain has a whole lot to do with your pain experience. So far, we have covered how the pain response comes about and how this response can be unhelpful over time due to an increased number of receptors and their decreased…
By Ariana Besse (B.Phty Hons) A recap of the first blog in this 4-part series: Pain is the output from a combination of inputs from receptors in the periphery (i.e. thermal, chemical, mechanical, nociceptive) and the context of the experience e.g. memory, previous experiences, belief. There is no one pain receptor or nerve. The…
By Ariana Besse (B.Phty Hons) September is National Pain Awareness Month. This is the first time it has been brought over from USA to Australia. This is an important topic to discuss and there is a lot more to it than what appears on the surface. This blog series complements the 4 pain videos…
A guide to help you understand “tennis elbow” and how to best manage your symptoms By Ariana Besse. Physiotherapist What is Lateral Epicondylalgia & Who Gets It? Lateral Epicondylalgia, also known as tennis elbow, is the most common chronic musculoskeletal condition causing pain on the outside of the elbow. It is an overuse injury that…