Blog Feed: Body in mind

There is probably no one on the planet who would have contributed more to our current understanding of opioid use for analgesia than Prof Levine and his recent work sheds light on a question often raised – “Do men and women respond in the same way to opioids?” > read more

Part two of Parallel worlds collide… and we all see stars, or astrocytes at least

Published on 2012-05-21 15:35:18

Immune activation can produce some powerful and longlasting behaviour changes. Take single event learning for example - Ader and Cohen's seminal study proved that the immune system response could be behaviourally conditioned. So how does thinking about immune activation have the potential to change our intervention? > read more

Parallel worlds collide… and we all see stars, or astrocytes at least

Published on 2012-05-18 02:45:31

Perhaps our language has always hinted at the involvement of glial cells in injury? And, when glial cells outnumber neurons in the brain by 20 to 1, it begs the question who is really in charge of synaptic activity (should that be plasticity) in the brain? > read more

Pelvic Pain – all the fun stuff

Published on 2012-05-08 21:31:45

TweetMany of us here at BiM went to the Festival de NOI a couple of weeks ago. It was fab. However, we know that most of you couldn’t make it and we thought we wold briefly recap some of the talks so you can feel the passion for yourselves. Here is the first one….. This [...] > read more

A story from the Inaugural Ride for Pain

Published on 2012-05-03 20:43:45

Last Sunday, April 29th, saw the first ever UniSA Ride for Pain. The day can only be described as a rip-roaring success. The stats were impressive – over 550 riders, 400 of whom took on the whole 100km and most of those conquering the mighty Corkscrew Challenge – but it was the terrific stories that capture the essence of what really was a terrific day. I will recount one here... > read more

Stressed mice and weak p53: Alas! Not cancer free!

Published on 2012-04-19 15:16:08

There is an old and well known adage that stress causes negative health outcomes including the formation of gastric ulcers, heart disease, and cancer. How this takes place in any specific individual is difficult to sort out. However, sometimes when complex things are too complex it’s nice to look for some of the possible mechanisms. > read more

Learning and Chronic pain part III

Published on 2012-04-16 21:31:46

There is some evidence that classical conditioned responses play a role in chronic pain. Can you unlearn a classically conditioned response? How do you inhibit a memory? > read more

Windows into pain. Part II

Published on 2012-04-12 15:08:26

TweetIt has been about a month since I wrote a post reflecting on this pain I have in my shoulder. I must say I was overwhelmed by the many offers of diagnostic and treatment advice – it left me both chuffed and a little apprehensive about revisiting it. To start, let me say that my [...] > read more

Post-Traumatic Growth, Resilience or Pure Stubbornness?

Published on 2012-04-09 19:38:02

Not too long ago The New York Times ran an article proposing a positive side of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It featured the US Army Comprehensive Soldier Fitness Program, an ambitious application of positive psychology initiated by BG (Ret) Cornam with guidance from Dr. Martin Seligman. > read more

Carpal tunnel syndrome: thinking outside the box (or wrist)

Published on 2012-04-05 15:05:44

Many patients with CTS also have coexisting neck and/or arm pain. It remains unclear whether identified altered pain thresholds are truly caused by CTS, or are just a result of the coexisting neck or arm disorders. To address this issue, we investigated whether the presence of abnormal extraterritorial pain thresholds can be substantiated.... > read more

The Graded Motor Imagery Handbook: “Thats what I’m talkin’ about!”

Published on 2012-04-02 15:00:29

I think my 7 year old son knew that if he used this phrase enough it would eventually sneak into a blog post. Well congratulations Lord Adorable SqueakyPants, it has! It has made it in because we are pretty excited that a project we have been working on for some time is almost done - it is at the printing press as we speak. > read more

Healing Hands MIRAGEs and illusions

Published on 2012-03-29 15:00:23

Our research at The University of Nottingham unexpectedly stumbled into the media spotlight: “Mind tricks may help arthritic pain; Illusions can halve the pain of osteoarthritis” the headlines read. They were referring to our MIRAGE multisensory illusions box, which can create a powerful illusion that the hand or fingers are being stretched or shrunk... > read more

Learning and chronic pain Part 2

Published on 2012-03-26 15:30:05

n the previous blog post we discussed a model for a way in which a neutral stimulus when repeatedly paired with a biologically significant stimulus might come to elicit a conditioned response that is similar to the response to the biologically significant stimulus. Well here is a bit more on that very theme... > read more

Learning and chronic pain Part 1

Published on 2012-03-21 15:41:54

In the realm of chronic pain, “problem learning” discussion usually revolves around the processes of sensitisation (i.e. central) and operant conditioning (i.e. development of habitual pain behaviours through reinforcement processes). Ironically, perhaps the most famous form of learning has received the least attention by researchers in chronic pain. I am of course talking about... > read more

Is the pursuit of happiness making us miserable?

Published on 2012-03-15 16:00:08

Come to what looks like a fabulous evening in Sydney, run by the innovative MIND special interest group of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine – ‘Happiness, depression and health care: Is the pursuit of happiness making us miserable’. It will be worth it. ’ > read more

Can tweets predict citations?

Published on 2012-03-12 22:48:20

TweetA recent article in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)[1] looked at whether it is feasible to measure social impact of, and public attention to, newly published research articles by analysing buzz in social media – specifically twitter. It also asked whether these metrics are sensitive and specific enough to predict highly cited articles [...] > read more

Windows into pain

Published on 2012-03-08 15:30:43

TweetI have a painful shoulder. It has been hurting since mid-December. I can recall no incident – just woke up one morning with severe pain on pretty much any movement. Now, I am not looking for diagnoses, nor in fact sympathy. What I would like to do instead is to run you through some interesting [...] > read more

More fragility in core stability

Published on 2012-03-05 20:47:54

A closer look at the role of spinal stabilisation exercises in chronic low back pain. Do patients get better after core stability exercises for the reasons we think they do? > read more

It’s Time to Quit Fooling ourselves…It’s time to Move Forward in the Treatment of Pain

Published on 2012-03-02 07:36:17

The education within the field of Physical Therapy profession is rapidly changing but we still don't understand “why” our patients are in pain. Please support our grassroots effort urging the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE) to change this and incorporate pain science into entry-level physical therapy education. > read more

My back has shrunk – The influence of cupping therapy on body image

Published on 2012-02-27 22:03:34

This PhD research investigates the effect of cupping therapy in the treatment of chronic neck pain. We know patients with chronic low back pain show body image distortions and we wondered if this would apply for chronic neck pain as well. So we adapted the design of the body image drawings for the neck area and patients who suffered from chronic neck pain were asked to draw the neck area as they felt it. > read more

Media Release: Ride to raise awareness for chronic pain

Published on 2012-02-23 15:01:56

The first time I rode up Corkscrew Road I thought, there are so many metaphors here. You’ve got to be patient, you can’t go too hard, you’ve got to be courageous ... all the things I required to get up that hill were what people with chronic pain require on a longer, tougher basis. We shouldn’t be looking at people with chronic pain as malingerers and fragile; we should be looking at them as tough and courageous and with potential to get better. > read more

The role of Range of Motion in recovery from Whiplash Associated Disorders

Published on 2012-02-20 17:42:39

In clinical practice, Health Care Professionals attach value to measurements of cervical spine Range of Motion (ROM) for diagnostic, prognostic and treatment evaluation purposes. There is evidence that cervical ROM can help us with diagnosis of whiplash associated disorders but this systematic literature review found conflicting evidence that cervical spine ROM is valuable for prognosis for poor outcome following a whiplash injury. > read more

Poles support WW2 veteran in trial

Published on 2012-02-16 21:51:13

'Chocolate cake breakfast could help you lose weight' really made my eyes pop when I was reading the Telegraph and I almost ended up at the bakery. But then I read the original study... > read more

Peer review picks a pack of pickled papers

Published on 2012-02-14 20:37:40

Did you know that apparently the first medical journals were published some 300 years ago? And that the idea of peer review arose about the same time? Just published, here is a systematic review of peer review for scientific manuscripts. > read more

Get moving for chronic pain research

Published on 2012-02-09 11:55:42

WOO HOOOO! You can register for the most important cycling event of the year - UniSA's Ride for Pain. April 29th 2012. There is something for everyone - a choice of the easy 35km on the flat, the 45km into the hills, or for the more serious - a 100km through the Adelaide Hills. > read more

My knee is aching so its going to rain

Published on 2012-02-06 14:30:07

As a small child I was fascinated by my uncle's ‘psychic knees’. And by ‘psychic’ I am really describing the situation where he would look at me and knowingly state, “It’s going to rain…my knees are aching." > read more

World Congress on Physical Therapy releases ‘Teaching people about pain’ Symposium

Published on 2012-02-02 14:00:04

Teaching people about pain symposium. Lorimer Moseley, David Butler, Adriaan Louw and Mick Thacker > read more

The moral hazard of whiplash

Published on 2012-01-30 21:11:40

What is the role of health professionals in managing acute whiplash associated disorders. Some research suggests this is a moral hazard. > read more

More on body awareness and chronic pain

Published on 2012-01-26 17:46:00

Evidence has been accumulating that shows that people with chronic pain have modifications in body awareness. Camila Valenzuela-Moguillansky writes about a large review just published on this research > read more

The development of the Canadian Physiotherapy Pain Science Division

Published on 2012-01-23 14:16:55

You may not know what the The Pain Science Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association get up to. Here is more about what they do and some of the people involved. You may know them..... > read more

Maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers

Published on 2012-01-19 13:39:18

This is the first functional MRI brain scan study to investigate the impact of physical abuse and domestic violence on children. > read more

TNF-a: the scroundrel that can smile and smile

Published on 2012-01-16 14:29:27

Glial cells keep appearing everywhere I look. No, I have not been shrunken by some Rick Moranis-like character and made to wander around the body (a reference to “Honey, I shrunk the kids”)! But, I have been wandering around the pages of journals, ever-so-slowly trying to get a grasp of how the nervous and immune systems talk to each-other. What usually stands out? > read more

rTMS and chronic pain: Our two penny’s worth

Published on 2011-07-05 00:32:58

Some of you might have heard of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) and its use in chronic pain - what is the efficacy? > read more

Promising results from a graded retraining programme in chronic back pain

Published on 2011-06-28 23:20:45

TweetReduction in pain and disability with a graded sensorimotor retraining program in chronic back pain Our team recently returned home from Darwin, where we all attended the Australian Pain Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting. We all presented > read more

Clinical features and PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF CRPS – a long-awaited review

Published on 2011-06-23 03:58:03

At the world congress on pain in Glasgow, 2008, a small group of CRPS researchers got around a table and asked each other something like ‘isn’t it high time we got together and wrote a current concepts in CRPS pathophysiology paper?’ > read more

Never get a lift to the airport with an Irishman

Published on 2011-06-15 18:41:09

I went to Dublin the other day. I like Dublin. I like the Irish actually. One Irishman who seems particularly likeable is a fellow called David Fitzgerald. He offered to take me to the airport. We got there and then, out of his dubious looking backpa > read more

Limericks about pain and practice. You choose the winner.

Published on 2011-06-13 19:13:49

I was fortunate enough to meet with a bunch of (mainly) Californians in a lovely Jacaranda-laden Campus of St Mary's College, LA. There was a competition to write a limerick about current concepts in pain science and implications for clinical practi > read more

To tweet or not tweet unpublished data

Published on 2011-06-09 01:30:18

Unpublished data must stay unpublished for research papers to be accepted for publication, yet with smart phones it's very easy to share pics of slides on facebook, blogs, and twitter. This is what happens when you ask your audience to turn off their > read more

Back Pains, Rubbery Brains, Doubts Remain

Published on 2011-06-06 15:30:38

A while back Ben Wand blogged here about grey matter density changes in the brain and chronic pain. A new study, published in the Journal of Neuroscience by David Seminowicz et al tells what appears to be a similar story. > read more

Giving him the (fake) finger. Introducing the plastic finger illusion.

Published on 2011-06-02 08:30:37

Does proprioceptive input, from muscle spindles and joint receptors for example, contribute to our sense of body ownership? > read more

The cortical body matrix. Reloaded.

Published on 2011-05-31 01:30:17

People with chronic pain have some pretty odd perceptual disturbances. In an attempt to integrate this smorgasboard of body-related dysfunction, we recently proposed the idea of a cortical body matrix. > read more

Don’t just rub it better, cross it over – the analgesic effect of crossing your arms.

Published on 2011-05-26 01:10:42

There is a new paper just out in Pain that raises the possibility of a quick and easy analgesic strategy – crossing your arms. My mum reckons that her mum was onto that decades ago > read more

Subgroups in low back pain – were the assumptions correct?

Published on 2011-05-23 15:41:28

Our study aimed to evaluate a treatment-based classification algorithm for low back pain. This algorithm was created to provide a clinical decision-making paradigm to help guide treatment selection for back pain. Were the assumptions correct? > read more

Subgroups in low back pain – a treatment-based classification algorithm

Published on 2011-05-19 08:37:40

This study aimed to evaluate a treatment-based classification algorithm for low back pain. This algorithm was created to provide a clinical decision-making paradigm to help guide treatment selection for back pain. > read more

It’s semantical my dear Watson

Published on 2011-05-17 01:00:59

I recently read an interesting article from Vraceany et al titled “Less specific arm illnesses". The authors make some very good points about what are frequently futile clinical approaches. However, the foundations they erect to support these argum > read more

Lorimer’s public lecture on a cold wet Adelaide evening

Published on 2011-05-11 22:03:17

TweetThe University of South Australia runs these public lectures called the Knowledge Works series. The community here seems to enjoy these lectures and it is, in my view, a terrific thing for the Uni to be doing. What is more, I love the opportunit > read more

Beware of your imaginary fish

Published on 2011-05-09 22:14:47

TweetI must have been a very good boy last year because Santa brought me some lovely books. One of these was “Naming Nature” by Carol Kaesuk Yoon and it outlines the history of biological classification. A major theme in the book is the conflict > read more

Missing in Action? How are Pain Journals using Social Media?

Published on 2011-05-05 08:05:16

TweetTo tweet or not to tweet, that is the question. Nature journal recently put out “Peer review: Trial by Twitter: Blogs and tweets are ripping papers apart within days of publication, leaving researchers unsure how to react”. The fact > read more

Nails in the coffin

Published on 2011-05-02 01:41:09

TweetBIM invited me to add my “two pennyworth” (two cents worth for the rest of you!) following Lorimer’s series of excellent blogs. Despite his protestation there is no going back……., the end of neurocentricity is nigh! No one interested i > read more

A new blog on the block

Published on 2011-04-27 22:49:49

A new blog has appeared that we think is worth checking out: theICECReam.org > read more

Neuroimmunology for idiots. Part 3: Immune system in neuroplasticity

Published on 2011-04-25 15:22:35

The last in the neuroimmunology series I am trying to get my head around the role of cytokines in facilitating long term potentiation and nurturing neuroplasticity. > read more

Neuroimmunology for idiots. Part 2: Immune system in learning & memory – inflammatory cytokines.

Published on 2011-04-21 01:07:30

The last post discussed the role of T cells and T cell-derived IL-4, an anti-inflammatory cytokine. This post will focus on other inflammatory cytokines, in particular IL-1, IL-6 and TNF-α. First, IL-1. > read more

Neuroimmunology for dummies. Part 1: Immune system in learning and memory – T cells.

Published on 2011-04-18 21:42:44

A common way to investigate what role particular biological markers play is to breed (in the loosest sense of the word - ie genetically engineer) an animal that doesn’t have those biomarkers. Mice are the usual suckers. Mice can be ‘bred’ to h > read more

Mutterings of a neurocentric. Or, neuroimmunology for dummies

Published on 2011-04-13 18:17:07

TweetI was going to call this post ‘Immune effects on thinking, memory, neuroplasticity and neurogenesis’ but I thought it sounded a bit high-brow. In fact, for the first time in my brief bloglife I have found myself stuck on an opening, but I > read more

Watch my back buddy

Published on 2011-04-10 15:34:26

Some time ago, a very impressive person by the name of Helen, came and had coffee at a pretty average cafe in Oxford, hoping to extend stuff we had done with left/right hand judgements to back pain. Well, I have recently met another impressive person > read more

The price of discovery – help protect Australian Health and Medical Research

Published on 2011-04-06 23:03:01

Over the past month the Australian health and medical research sector has been advocating for the continued support of medical research funding as part of the federal budget process. BiM researchers have put this case to government, as have a number > read more

The low back pain forum of magic

Published on 2011-04-05 00:51:38

Recently, I attended a conference in Melbourne – the International Low Back Pain Forum for Research in Primary Care. This conference is organised by researchers who are interested in low back pain epidemiological research in – can you guess it? > read more

What’s in a name? Nociception by any other name will hurt, or not hurt, just as much

Published on 2011-03-31 07:30:48

A while back I wrote a piece about Consciousness and Pain, in which I argued that consciousness might be the key ingredient for pain. I even tried my hand at a bit of maths, with this little equation (not to be taken too exactly): pain = nociception > read more

Of shiny pictures and poorer outcomes: Spinal MRI and back pain

Published on 2011-03-28 14:30:16

Diagnosing low back pain is a nightmare. It established that apart from the 15% of back pain cases which can be attributed to a specific spinal pathology, the majority of cases fall under the unsatisfactory umbrella label of “non-specific low back > read more

Can photoshop make my bottom smaller?

Published on 2011-03-22 14:28:26

I had my annual viewing of Susan Boyle on Britain’s got talent this morning. Then I came across this amazing demonstration of what photoshop can do. Is it possible that if you think you look a particular way, your body changes the way it works to > read more

Your somatic markers know when to hold ‘em

Published on 2011-03-21 00:13:11

There is a very large body of data that show that the body affects the mind. That is, bodily processes and responses to stimuli affect our thoughts about those stimuli and our behavioural responses to them. Some of the most intriguing research in thi > read more

BodyinMind dot org is live

Published on 2011-03-16 15:35:19

When we started bodyinmind.com.au, we had no idea that leaving off the DOT AU leads to a VERY different kind of website. We have been alerted to this on a few occasions, so we have gone the extra yard and gone DOT ORG. > read more

Left or Right Brain Game

Published on 2011-03-14 14:35:54

Left or Right Brain Game. I reckon that all great scientific discoveries are judged on two criteria: firstly the idea must be truly original and useful to human-kind and secondly it must permeate into popular culture. I’ll cite two examples... > read more

Maintenance spinal manipulation: The cherry-pickers quandary

Published on 2011-03-10 06:30:19

A closer look at a new study that purportedly demonstrates a real benefit to spinal manipulation in chronic back pain and seems to validate that controversial practice of regularly seeing patients between flare-ups for a “quick click” to keep the > read more

Maintenance spinal manipulation: The cherry-pickers quandary

Published on 2011-03-10 06:30:19

Sadness, soreness and staying alert—all in the same place

Published on 2011-03-07 13:30:10

Sadness, soreness and staying alert - are they all in the same place of the brain? > read more

Sadness, soreness and staying alert—all in the same place

Published on 2011-03-07 13:30:10

Sadness, soreness and staying alert - are they all in the same place of the brain? > read more

Popping your disc – when ‘elegant simplifications’ are ‘catastrophic trivialisations’

Published on 2011-03-03 06:39:34

We could do well to think carefully about the accuracy of not only what we say, but what we imply, when we tell patients what is happening inside their body. This point was made particularly clear to me when a fellow tried to sell me an educational m > read more

Popping your disc – when ‘elegant simplifications’ are ‘catastrophic trivialisations’

Published on 2011-03-03 06:39:34

Looks can be deceiving. A bigger hand hurts less.

Published on 2011-02-28 13:32:35

Many psychological therapies for acute pain focus on the painful stimulus, however, thinking beyond the stimulus that causes pain, to the body itself, may lead to novel clinical treatments in the future. > read more

Looks can be deceiving. A bigger hand hurts less.

Published on 2011-02-28 13:32:35

Does smoking hurt as well as harm? (or, as if you needed another reason)

Published on 2011-02-24 06:43:00

I have a couple of mates who are veritable smoke-stacks. They love smoking but sort of hate being a smoker. I must confess that, at least within my community, smoking is now officially uncool and my mates are sick of people telling them good reasons > read more

Does smoking hurt as well as harm? (or, as if you needed another reason)

Published on 2011-02-24 06:43:00

TweetI have a couple of mates who are veritable smoke-stacks. They love smoking but sort of hate being a smoker. I must confess that, at least within my community, smoking is now officially uncool and my mates are sick of people telling them good rea > read more

Comments from the Lager Man – is NMDAr upregulation 4ever

Published on 2011-02-21 13:20:53

A little while ago, Paul Lagerman said this: ".... I was speaking to a colleague of mine who is a pain specialist and we were discussing central sensitisation. As I understand it there is a genetic change in the cell nucleus which causes an increas > read more

Comments from the Lager Man – is NMDAr upregulation 4ever

Published on 2011-02-21 13:20:53

TweetA little while ago, Paul Lagerman said this: “…. I was speaking to a colleague of mine who is a pain specialist and we were discussing central sensitisation. As I understand it there is a genetic change in the cell nucleus which > read more

Placebo 101. In three minutes.

Published on 2011-02-17 13:30:59

Very occasionally, Heidi will show me something on youtube (or one of those Heidi-type sites) that is really very good. And this really is very good. The graphics are superb. The coverage of material is excellent. It is faithful to the evidence. It i > read more

Placebo 101. In three minutes.

Published on 2011-02-17 13:30:59

TweetOccasionally, very occasionally, Heidi will show me something on youtube (or one of those Heidi-type sites) that is really very good. And this really is very good. The graphics are superb. The coverage of material is excellent. It is faithful to > read more

The King’s Speech – lessons for the modern clinician

Published on 2011-02-14 17:14:48

What is the art and science of question-asking? I now have seen the movie The king's speech a couple of times, it is great in the movie when Geoffrey Rush (Lionel) goes right to the problem via the same inquiry strategy he learned from a well honed s > read more

The King’s Speech – lessons for the modern clinician

Published on 2011-02-14 17:14:48

By Denis Dempsey I now have seen the movie The king’s speech a couple of times and after seeing it again it is great to realize that you guys downunder have been all over the whole ‘threat’ concept for much longer than I am sure you > read more

Just a heartbeat away from one’s body

Published on 2011-02-10 06:30:16

Body image means different things to different people. To many it refers to how one feels about one's body. To us, it refers to how one's body feels to oneself and how one perceives its shape, orientation, agency and ownership. > read more

Just a heartbeat away from one’s body

Published on 2011-02-10 06:30:16

Body image means different things to different people. To many it refers to how one feels about one’s body. To us, it refers to how one’s body feels to oneself and how one perceives its shape, orientation, agency and ownership. Hopefu > read more

Can one have pain and not know it?

Published on 2011-02-07 13:23:52

By Flavia Di Pietro I think about this a lot. It leads me to ponder the distinction between pain and nociception. We found a chapter on exactly this in a great book we are slowly reviewing at BiM – The Science of Pain. The chapter’s title g > read more

Seeing the forest for the trees. Thinking about motor imagery in kids with hemiplegia

Published on 2011-02-03 06:33:19

By Megan Auld In research and in clinical practice, I’m forever finding myself snagged on the details – missing the story by getting caught up with p-values, forgetting that the arm I’m treating is connected to a head. Which is perhaps why I > read more

Chronic back pain: Behavioural treatments sent to the naughty step?

Published on 2011-01-31 13:15:28

We have written a fair amount here about back pain. We’ve criticised some of the information patients get, shown how data has undermined many widely held beliefs about back pain (here and here), and acknowledged the rather desperate state of the ev > read more

Minding mindfulness – what is going on?

Published on 2011-01-27 06:00:28

Mindfulness is, it seems, in fashion. Every month there seems to be a new TV show or talkback hour on its wondrous curative powers. It made it into our Christmas Dinner Conversation and I am waiting for the mindfulness-branded t-shirts and environm > read more

Guidelines for treating fibromyalgia in primary care physical therapy

Published on 2011-01-24 13:30:55

Guidelines are so in aren’t they? I guess this is what happens when evidenced based medicine begins to take hold. Broadly speaking, I reckon it is a good thing. There are caveats of course – see the furore that can emerge when powerfu > read more

Starting conversations – has Jason hit the Silvernail on the head?

Published on 2011-01-19 14:00:57

We had a BiM team meeting on Tuesday, as we do every Tuesday. We got talking about the BiM blog – revisiting our objectives and how best to meet them. A key objective is to facilitate dissemination AND conversation. Well we have been well and > read more

Does it hurt when I do this?

Published on 2011-01-17 13:51:28

By Steve Kamper I’m a physiotherapist, as physios (and we’re not alone here) we love to poke and prod our patients with our fingers and ask if it hurts. Anatomical training and experience tells us exactly which part we are poking and the knowing > read more

Is this the Father of Evidence Based Medicine? David Sackett talks

Published on 2011-01-13 06:00:53

Here is a superstar, well I guess he is sort of a pioneer/superstar, of evidenced based medicine, in an interview with a slightly cheesy fellow, just after Sackett won the Gairdner Award for Leadership in Medicine. These awards are extremely posh and > read more

If You’re reading this then they haven’t shut the power off yet

Published on 2011-01-11 22:07:34

BiM will be offline for a few days as Brisbane continues to flood and the power is being shut off. The room that is hosting our sever will soon be under water. Gotta feel for those guys. > read more

The Lone Wolf or the Support Group Enthusiast?

Published on 2011-01-10 14:00:13

What type of person are you?? When tough times come around – whether it is stress at work, a painful injury, or forced participation in Secret Santa – what do you do? Some people, those lone wolf types, find relief in being alone, taking some tim > read more

The elusive x-factor

Published on 2011-01-05 14:00:55

What is it about some clinicians? They just seem to get great results by doing almost nothing! Could that be true? What is that elusive x-factor? Well, fortunately for us, Laura von Bertouch has agreed to tell us about a paper she does read that cove > read more

Novelty, exercise and diet – the cornerstones of neural and cognitive plasticity

Published on 2011-01-02 14:00:08

I am sitting in the local cafe. I am a Wednesday regular – the muffins are superb and they give you a timer for your pot of tea. I have been reading a great paper that reviews neural and cognitive plasticity, with a focus on what we should al > read more

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