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More on body awareness and chronic pain

by BiM on January 27, 2012 · 7 comments

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Evidence has been accumulating that shows that people with chronic pain have modifications in body awareness. Camila Valenzuela-Moguillansky writes about a large review just published on this research

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The development of the Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division

24 January 2012 Body In Mind

You may not know what the The Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association get up to. Here is more about what they do and some of the people involved. You may know them…..

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Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers

20 January 2012 Body In Mind

This is the first functional MRI brain scan study to investigate the impact of physical abuse and domestic violence on children.

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TNF-a: the scroundrel that can smile and smile

17 January 2012 BiM Team

Glial cells keep appearing everywhere I look. No, I have not been shrunken by some Rick Moranis-like character and made to wander around the body (a reference to “Honey, I shrunk the kids”)! But, I have been wandering around the pages of journals, ever-so-slowly trying to get a grasp of how the nervous and immune systems talk to each-other. What usually stands out?

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Luke Parkitny talks CRPS at BiM

13 January 2012 BiM Team

Luke is a PhD student researching some of the factors that play a role in the development of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Here he is talking more about what he does at BiM.

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The rubber hand illusion is stronger in people with schizophrenia

10 January 2012 BiM Team

A group from Nashville Tennessee has put down their guitars and investigated the rubber hand illusion in people with schizophrenia. They had an unexpected finding.

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First impressions do count! Especially if you’re stressed.

6 January 2012 BiM Team

We humans are a judgemental lot. We make spontaneous personality trait inferences based on the behaviour of others almost every day. Think about that person that you saw throw rubbish out their car window – you probably immediately thought of that person as selfish or inconsiderate. These first impressions may not always be accurate, but they are thought to serve a survival purpose

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Why Things Hurt

3 January 2012 Body In Mind

Lorimer grew a mo. To help promote men’s health. It was during this time that he, and his mo, gave a talk at TEDx. Here it is.

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Body in Mind 2011

29 December 2011 BiM Team

It has been a big year for all of us here at BiM Sydney and BiM Adelaide. We have, on the whole, had what can only be described as a rippa…

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Oh my goodness….how embarrassing!

27 December 2011 BiM Team

Ever watched a TV show and been overwhelmed by a need to quickly change the channel because the humiliation experienced by the main character is so painful it hurts to watch?

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Timing is everything

22 December 2011 BiM Team

It’s such early days for brain mapping, it makes sense that most of the experiments we see follow similar formats, particularly when it comes to data analysis. This paper has broken one of the ‘rules’ while researching the pain experience in fibromyalgia patients.

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