Body in Mind

Intuitively, one expects that pain, whether acute or chronic, will affect sleep quality. However, the relationship between pain and sleep is not fully understood. Pain has been widely reported to […]

Defined as a reduction in pain without a biologically active therapeutic, the placebo response includes the placebo effect (i.e., psychobiological factors that cause a reduction in rating) in addition to […]

Numerous psychological factors are associated with chronic low back pain (CLBP) and disability. Clinically, it would appear that the psychological profiles of individuals with CLBP can be dominated by different […]

We recently published a paper with the mouthful title “Placebo Use in Pain Management:  A Mechanism-Based Educational Intervention Enhances Placebo Treatment Acceptability”[4].  Before I get to the the findings from […]

Pain and lack of function are the two main factors that motivate people with non-specific chronic low back pain (CLBP) to seek care [1]. When you ask a person with […]

Steel is a very resilient material: it has the capacity to absorb the energy produced by a hit without breaking. Translating this original definition of resilience into the Psychology field, […]

“When will this be over?” “Will my back ever be good again?” When consulting for back pain the first thing on many patients’ minds is “How long will this last?” […]

Many of you will know that at BiM, we have a policy of not promoting particular treatments or clinicians. This is because that is not in our remit. One thing […]

Parenting is a tough job. It’s hard enough when things are going well – imagine trying to parent while experiencing chronic pain. One mother with chronic pain, Sarah Erdreich, described […]

Lately more and more research has indicated changes in cortical processing and disruptions of bodily representations in patients with low back pain (LBP). Among these findings, which have also been […]