Pain Education, No Script Provided, ep 2. Pain and Nociception

About this episode

The episode explores the ethics of causing pain in manual therapy and delves into the concepts of nociception, consent, and patient autonomy.

Send us Fan Mail We question whether it is ethical to cause pain during manual therapy and unpack what nociception, tissue insult, and consent truly mean. We challenge heuristics like no pain, no gain and ground decision-making in evidence, context, and patient autonomy. • defining pain and nociception as signals of actual or potential tissue damage • challenging bruising and discomfort as therapeutic proof • critiquing hurt does not equal harm as a blanket rule • considering acute movement w...

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Host: Eric Purves

Topics covered

• pain education
• nociception
• manual therapy
• patient autonomy
• evidence-based practice

Keywords

• pain
• nociception
• manual therapy
• patient autonomy
• evidence
• tissue damage
• discomfort
• acute movement

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