Educating patients about pain science can actually reduce their pain levels in the long term
Educating patients about pain science can actually reduce their pain levels in the long term, says Lorimer Moseley, a professor of clinical neuroscience at the University of South Australia.
“If people learn why they hurt, they hurt less,” he says.
We caught up with Professor Moseley at APLAR in Brisbane to chat about this fascinating area of pain science.
The way doctors explain pain can make it worse (left) or better (right). #APLAR19 Lorimer Moseley pic.twitter.com/jCjJ7XvqSr
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