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Aug 2011
41m 32s

01. Painful paradigms and sensitive syst...

David Pope at Clinical Edge
About this episode

Fascinating insights into pain, painful experiences, and neurodynamics from one of the world’s leading neuroscience and pain experts. Learn why we (and our patients) experience pain, the latest research in pain and pain management. Learn how to talk to your patients to reduce their pain experience, when pain is more from joints or the periphery, and how to use neural glides.

Brought to you by Physio Edge and you podcast host, David Pope

This show is supported and sponsored by Clinical Edge - providers of fantastic online and face-to-face education for Physiotherapists.

Links of Interest

NOI Group

Explain Pain by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley

Sensitive Nervous System by David Butler

Neurodynamics Techniques DVD

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