People with chronic mechanical neck or back pain, whiplash associated disorders, complex regional pain, headache, chronic post-traumatic pain, neuropathic pain and fibromyalgia constitute the majority of those I see my specialized practice. These categories of pain may overlap. They are … Continue reading →
If I try a form of treatment and my pain gets better I’ll probably believe the treatment worked. But if I tell you the treatment worked you have only my word for it. Neither of us know for certain if … Continue reading →
In my last post I suggested patients might benefit from new ways of studying chronic pain. When I look at what is available in the popular press as well as the scientific literature, it feels like we are caught in … Continue reading →
The point of scientific research is to help us understand how the world works. It relies on figuring out ways to test theories about such things as pain and how to treat it. It relies on logic and reason. The … Continue reading →
There is no question that modern medicine deserves a lot of criticism, especially when it come to treating chronic pain. I’ve seen hundreds of pain patients over the years who responded poorly to medical treatments including surgery, drugs and nerve … Continue reading →
When I was a final year university undergraduate I took a course that had only one text. Written by Carl Hempel it was a very short book (116 pages) titled “Philosophy of Natural Science” (Prentice-Hall Inc. 1966). What has stayed … Continue reading →
There are a many things I do like about our health system here in Ontario. Universal access is one of them. More people get more care with less risk of going broke than in a lot of places. The public … Continue reading →
When you say I can never understand chronic pain without experiencing it, it depends on what you mean by ‘understand’. If you mean I can never share your experience of pain then you are absolutely right. None of us can … Continue reading →