What exactly do we mean by this word? And how does it work, exactly? I don’t use the word pacing, to be honest. I use ‘activity management’ because there are times when people might want to...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/06/10/pacing-pacing-pacing-2/
A couple of weeks back I summarised a few papers looking at the vexed term ‘catastrophising.’ Vexed, not because what is being measured isn’t a really useful construct (the risk of poorer o...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/05/27/pain-related-anxiety-more-useful-than-catastrophising/
I was born in the mid-60’s. A child of the 70’s, growing up in the orange, brown, gold and lime green colours of the small city of Gisborne on the East Coast of Aotearoa. The ‘riviera’ of...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/05/20/on-turning-60-this-week/
The last two posts I’ve written here and here have explored differing perspectives and current debate about the term catastrophising – and I hope I’ve been clear that I don’t dispute the ...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/05/06/catastrophising-nuance-is-needed/
Last week I posted the first in a series on pain catastrophizing. This week, instead of looking at the measurement instruments, I thought it worthwhile seeing what people with pain feel when look...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/04/29/catastrophising-the-views-of-people-with-pain/
There are few constructs more widely known in pain psychology than catastrophising. Defined as “an exaggerated negative mental set brought to bear during actual or anticipated pain experience�...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/04/22/catastrophising-and-controversy/
One of the words that has been in my vocabulary for decades is ‘management.’ No, I don’t mean the proliferative middle management layer infesting healthcare for about as long as I’ve been...
*Persistent didn’t alliterate so well! I’ve been pondering what makes persistent pain so complicated? What is it about this problem that means clinicians use terms like ‘heart-sink’, or �...
https://healthskills.wordpress.com/2024/04/08/complexity-and-chronic-pain/
This is a landing page for pain resources from Occupational Therapy Australia – click
No, I’m not going to assemble a bunch of papers and point out the effect sizes of exercise on pain and disability! In fact, I’m not even going to point to much research in this post. I want t...