Pain is Really StrangeAnswering questions such as 'how can I change my pain experience?', 'what is pain?', and 'how do nerves work?', this short research-based graphic book reveals just how strange pain is and explains how understanding it is often the key to relieving its effects. |
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ACUTE PAIN AFFECT OTHER CELLS ALARM SYSTEM AMPUFY ARISTOTLE ARTHRITIS AXON back pain BLOCKED EMOTIONS BODY MAPS Bourke brain cells BRAIN DECIDES BROKEN LEG CANCER PATIENTS CAUSE OF CHRONIC CELL BODY Cervero CHANGE THE PAIN CHRONIC PAIN CLEAR PIECE COMPLEX OUTPUT CONSCIOUS EXPERIENCE CONTROL AND COORDINATING DAMAGE DANGER SIGNALS DENDRITES DESCARTES DISC EXPERIENCE OF PAIN EXPERIENCE PAIN FEEL PAIN FIXED HABITS GRADED EXPOSURE HURT immune system increased tissue INFLAMMATION Ingraham INPUTS INVOLVES Krane large study leading pain LEARN TO MOVE Lederman Louw Melzack MEMBRANE RECEPTOR CHANGES MEMORY Merzenich 2013 METAPHORS Moseley MOVE DIFFERENTLY movement MRI SCANS MUSCLES NEURONS NEUROPLASTICITY NEUROTRANSMITTERS nociception OLYMPIC ongoing pain OUCH OVERWHELMING PAIN EVENT pain killers PAIN NEUROTAG PERCEPTION PRIOR LEARNING PROBLEM RELEVANT RESEARCHERS RESPONSE rotator cuff SCARY SENSITIZED NERVOUS SYSTEM SHORT DEFINITION SMELL SPINAL CORD suffering surgery SYNAPSE THREAT TISSUE HEALING UMIT UNDERSTANDING PAIN UNK MANY SYSTEMS UNSAFE VIRTUAL BODY WRIST X-RAYS