Pain Education, No Script Provided Ep 4. Definitions and Clinical Descriptors

About this episode

The episode explores the IASP definition of pain and the importance of shared language in pain education and recovery.

Send us Fan Mail We examine the IASP definition of pain, why shared language matters, and how sloppy semantics derail research and care. We contrast barriers to recovery with causes, clarify differences between nociceptors and nociception, and use sensitization and nociplastic as hypotheses that guide better reasoning. • using the IASP definition to ground assessment • distinguishing nociceptors, neurons, and nociception • reframing biopsychosocial as barriers to recovery • identifying sensi...

People in this episode

Host: Eric Purves

Topics covered

• pain education
• IASP definition of pain
• shared language
• nociceptors
• nociception
• sensitization
• nociplastic

Keywords

• pain
• IASP
• nociceptors
• nociception
• sensitization
• biopsychosocial
• recovery

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Organizations: IASP

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