Do yourself a favour and check out this article “Explainer: what is pain and what is happening when we feel it?” by Lorimer Mosely.
In this article, Lorimer describes the new approach to explaining pain stating, “We no longer think of pain as a measure of tissue damage… We now think of pain as a complex and highly sophisticated protective mechanism.” (Mosely, 2016).
Great article – well worth a read!
Professor Lorimer Moseley is a clinical scientist investigating pain in humans. He has published over 200 papers, four books and numerous book chapters. He has given over 140 keynote or invited presentations at interdisciplinary meetings in 30 countries and has provided professional education in pain sciences to over 10,000 medical and health practitioners and public lectures to as many again. His YouTube and TEDx talks have been viewed over 200,000 times (The Conversation, 2015).
