Basics
An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with, or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage
What is pain?
The person who can best help you manage your pain.
What is a physical therapist?
Terms used to classify pain by time.
What is acute or chronic?
A measurement of 0-10 with zero being no pain and 10 being the worst pain imaginable.
What is the ten point pain scale?
The insertion of thin, sharp needles through skin to treat underlying trigger points.
What is dry needling?
Damage of disease of the nervous system.
What is neuropathic pain?
How the body turns something harmful it into pain signals
What is nociception?
A mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
What is mindfulness?
Pain that arises with no evidence of tissue or nerve damage/disease
What is nociplastic pain?