A ground-breaking concept in its content and presentation, Explain Pain aims to demystify the process of understanding and managing pain. It brings the body to life in a way that will help you think differently about managing the pain experience.

This Explain Pain course is a unique opportunity to enjoy two days presented by world renowned lecturers David Butler and Dr Lorimer Moseley. You will understand howthe pain system works when there are injured tissues and nerves, and whathappens in the brain in relation to pain experiences. Explain Pain provides exciting information which any professionalworking with patients or clients in pain can utilise.

Neuroscience can be fun. You'll be introduced to thenewest knowledge about pain 'neurotags', 'brain ignition nodes', zinging andzapping nerves, smudging in the brain and backfiring nerves. You will learnabout how the immune, sympathetic and cortisol systems can be critical in painexperiences.  The Explain Pain seminar is based on the book "ExplainPain" by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley.

The provision of pain knowledge to patients is aneffective evidence based treatment tool. Patients can understand far more thanmost health professionals realise. The therapeutic tools taught on this courseare educating patients about how they can use their pain in an effective way,even if it is 'in their head', graded exposure to stimuli which evoke pain andalso included are virtual body exercises - exercise your synapses not just yourmuscles.

After this seminar you will:

- Have a modern understanding of what happens in the body during pain experience, including gene activity and plastic changes in the brain.

- Understand how pain is a brain construction designed to help us deal with threat, but how and why the brain sometimes turns on too much pain.

- Be aware of the evidence base underpinning neuroscience knowledge as a therapeutic tool.

- Be able to understand or provide the evidence based therapies of education, pacing and virtual body exercises.

- Have had fun, made new networks and been professionally refreshed.

Course program 

DAY ONE: 8.30am - 5pm

- Registration 8.30-8.45
- Explain Pain – why bother?
- Evidence of efficacy
- How does the nervous system work -
- Molecular & homuncular targets of therapy
- Expanding clinical paradigms
- Issues in tissues
- Zings and zaps from peripheral nerves
- Threat and the role of the immune, motor, endocrine, autonomic and pain construction systems

DAY TWO: 9am - 4pm

- Central sensitivity
- Pain and motor control
- Assessment and threat identification
- Explaining pain - models
- Biologically based graded exposure
- Virtual body exercises

This course is open to any professional working withpatients in pain, including:

Physiotherapists

Occupational Therapists 

Osteopaths

Chiropractors

GP's

Sports Physicians

Podiatrists

Nurses

Psychiatrists

Psychologists

Books, DVD's and products from NOI, David Butler and Lorimer Moseley will be available for purchase at the course.