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Scientists have created a leg prosthesis for lower leg amputees that incorporates advanced neural stimulation, allowing it to recreate sensations of touch that are missing in conventional #prosthetic designs. Science Translational Medicine fcld.ly/cpotdhm

Last chance to submit a Topical Workshop to #IASP2020. Submit a panel, debate, or hands-off demonstration workshop by 23:59pm ET today, 7 October 2019. Learn more at bit.ly/2zoPfQ6

IT’S TIME TO BREAK THE SILOED APPROACH TO MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN! We recommend 5 ACTIONS to manage a person with pain, irrespective of body region. These actions will guide clinicians to change practice to focus on the person and optimise the value of healthcare provided.

Time to learn some new codes and acknowledge pain as a disease

Essential Pain Management training in Mthatha South Africa.....PainSA having an impact! IASP Pain Research Forum

African wild dogs and climate change - Postdoc or PhD position in physiological ecology available! African applicants only. Please retweet. Thanks

The World Health Organization (WHO) adopted ICD-11 including a new classification system for #chronicpain. This new classification system was based on extensive research and data collected over the last six years by an IASP task force. #ICD11

Dr Suzette Oelofse speaking on managing pain in the elderly. Locomotor Syndrome - a useful clinical model to understand interrelating factors contributing to pain and disability in the elderly. PainSA

"Saying that pain is in the brain is like saying flight is in the bird's wings" Stillwell & Harman 2019 Great talk from Jonathan Joshua at Pain Academy today PainSA

Partial-Thickness Rotator Cuff Tear by Itself Does Not Cause Shoulder Pain or Muscle Weakness in Baseball Players journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

My name is Pete and I use drugs called, stretching, exercising, pacing daily activities and several others, to manage my long term pain. Yes there are side effects. - less pain - able to do more throughout the day, with more pain - feeling good about myself etc #painTOOLKITCafe

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Are you a cyclist keen to ride the Cape Town Cycle Tour for a good cause? Abundant Life Palliative care are putting together a team .. m.facebook.com/story.php?stor… PainSA

I was really pleased to write this commentary for by Crom et al's article - "Between the Lines: A Qualitative Phenomenological Analysis of the Therapeutic Alliance in Paediatric Physical Therapy" 50 FREE copies at this link! tandfonline.com/eprint/NMZVEFZ…

I began GMI early September, and have experienced decreased oedema/discoloration. Honestly freaked me out at first, seeing how imagery causes increased sensation. A good therapist is key to explaining the wackiness a pt might experience in the beginning!

How cool is this...we are one human system not a collection of isolated organs

Registrations are open for the 2020 PainSA Congress! painsa.org.za/2020-painsa-co…

The view that straight back lifting is safe is pervasive. This is not surprising given that Physiotherapists implicitly believe lifting and bending with a round back is dangerous, even when they explicitly say they don’t! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/30553… Peter O'Sullivan Nic Saraceni

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