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https://www.csp.org.uk/frontline/article/childrens-pain-we-can-make-it-better links to FITNET another of NICE guidelines committee members.

Marieke Jepma, Leonie Koban, Johnny van Doorn, Matt Jones, Tor D. Wager. Behavioural and neural evidence for self-reinforcing expectancy effects on pain. Nature Human Behaviour, 2018; 2 (11): 838 DOI: 10.1038/s41562-018-0455-8 Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-018-0455-8 Abstract...

Paywalled at https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjpain.ahead-of-print/sjpain-2018-0095/sjpain-2018-0095.xml

Exercise-induce hyperalgesia, complement system and elastase activation in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a secondary analysis of experimental comparative studies Polli A1, Van Oosterwijck J2,3, Meeus M3,4, Lambrecht L5, Nijs J6, Ickmans K6. Author information 1 Pain in...

This thread has been split from a thread about a new study: UK: Brighton and Sussex University Hospital and Medical School - Chronic Pain and Fatigue Several years ago CFS research Foundation raised money for a pain study. After Anne Faulkner died, Afme took it over. I havent seen any paper and...

Can my brain cure my back pain? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-45721670 Not sure what to think of this, is it good it can prove the placebo effect or bad drs will think that a common, debilitating, unexplained often condition involving pain can be helped by tricking the mind?

Here is new research by Brighton & Sussex University Hospital & Medical School. They are recruiting people for autonomic/inflammatory research arthritisresearchuk.org/research/grant… into mechanisms of chronic pain and fatigue. Looking for patients with #Fibromyalgia or #ME or both in south...

Note from the moderators: The discussion in this thread is focussed on the BPS theory of deconditioning. There is another thread for discussing the issue raised in this post: Muscle atrophy ****************************** Hi Everyone My recent muscle biopsy of my thigh has led to what seems...

This Thursday, almost two weeks ago, I threw out my back, I thought. I slithered to the floor. I knew I had a herniated disc, but I didn't know how bad things were. I have had a herniated disc for a year and a half now. That night, I had to pee constantly. Very quickly I realized, I had done...

Central sensitization: a matter of concern In 1981 Wilbert E. Fordyce challenged conventional wisdom. In one of the most influential findings in modern pain research, he reported a negative relationship between exercise and pain [1]. A subsequent study by Steven Linton confirmed these results...

Hello Lately (but also over the 4 years since I am being ill with diagnosed ME/CFS and post-Lyme disease (weak Elispot LTT values). I have something weird going on: scratches that seem to come from a cat (but I didn't touch any cat in years). Could this be still bartonella? I also didn't...

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/07/02/the-neuroscience-of-pain

http://occupyme.net/2018/06/01/talk-to-fda-about-chronic-pain/

While I may agree that unproven symptoms count as syndromes or illnesses, rather than specific diseases, the number of assumptions and false ideas in this article is appalling: Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/patient-zero/201805/chronic-pain-is-not-disease Firstly, brain changes...

A short piece on the Pharmacy in Practice website, aimed at health professionals. https://pharmacyinpractice.scot/2018/05/22/patient-perspective-series-my-experience-of-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-people-and-pain/ There are a few other articles on ME/CFS too in the patient perspective series, eg...

Emphasis added. https://m.medicalxpress.com/news/2018-05-mode-neurotransmitter-based.html

An interesting short article mostly about the influence of genetics on pain. https://theconversation.com/why-its-so-hard-for-doctors-to-understand-your-pain-93526

Lenny: When Doctors Dismiss Women's pain by Maya Dusenbery Many conditions that disproportionately affect women — including endometriosis, fibromyalgia, vulvodynia, interstitial cystitis, and chronic fatigue syndrome — are still very poorly understood, yet receive minuscule amounts of research...

Read more here https://batemanhornecenter.org/dr-derya-unutmaz-explains-collaborative-research-center-crc-bhc/

Physiotherapy. 2018 Mar;104(1):129-135. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2017.07.005. Epub 2017 Aug 4. Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy are not determined by activity pacing when measured by the chronic pain coping inventory. Thompson DP1, Antcliff D2, Woby SR3...