In the previous post, we spoke about the mechanism via which chronic pain comes about. Briefly - it is a construct of the brain and is...

Why do we get chronic pain? The traditional view is that pain comes from injured tissues. And it is true to a huge extent - if we cut our...

What is intra-abdominal pressure? Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is the pressure in the cavity we have between the abdominal wall and the...

Let's talk about dozage of exercises. Have you ever felt that if you do a few too many repetitions, your pain resurfaces and you have...

Persistent back pain can have several reasons, but it is worth knowing that once pain becomes chronic, our nervous system becomes...

Age-related changes are often found in spine imaging. However these often occur in pain-free individuals as well as those with back...

When most of us experience pain, we generally try to correlate it with an injury. However, pain can be a lot more complicated than that....

Pain - what is it, and why we get it - is very frequently misunderstood. It does not equal the degree of tissue damage. In fact pain is...

Pain is a complex matter. Most of us have suffered from it during our lives. But what exactly does our body tell us when we feel it? We...