Pain Education, No Script Provided with Monica Noy, ep 1. Knowledge Gaps and Ethics
From Massage Science with Eric Purves by Eric Purves
November 4, 2025 · 57 min
About this episode
Monica Noy discusses the shortcomings of traditional pain education and emphasizes the importance of understanding nociception in clinical practice.
Send us Fan Mail What if pain education got the fundamentals wrong by chasing tidy scripts instead of solid mechanisms? We sit down with researcher and educator Monica Noy to rethink how clinicians learn, reason, and communicate about pain. Rather than leaning on “explain pain” narratives and one-size-fits-all language, Monica anchors care in a clear premise: nociception is necessary—though not always sufficient—for pain. That single shift reframes assessment, reduces blame, and helps us spea...
People in this episode
Host: Eric Purves
Guest: Monica Noy
Topics covered
- pain education
- nociception
- clinical communication
- ethics
- knowledge gaps
Keywords
- pain education
- nociception
- clinical reasoning
- communication
- ethics
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