Join Ben as he talks about the complexity of pain!
An analogy Ben uses is "making the forest dry" to understand some of the contributors we have to pain arising and how we can make this understandable for our patients&nbsp;
Ben discusses three contributors to causation, risk factors, initiating actions and also maintaining factors. All 3 contribute to our patients current state although mostly initiating events are looked at!&nbsp;

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 &lt;p&gt;Join Ben as he talks about the complexity of pain!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;An analogy Ben uses is "making the forest dry" to understand some of the contributors we have to pain arising and how we can make this understandable for our patients&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ben discusses three contributors to causation, risk factors, initiating actions and also maintaining factors. All 3 contribute to our patients current state although mostly initiating events are looked at!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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Cor-Kinetic info snacks Ep 9 - Explaining pain (what makes the forest dry analogy)

Join Morton &amp; Ben as they chat about the complex and confusing world of nocicplastic pain
Nociplastic pain is......&nbsp;
Pain that arises from altered nociception despite no clear evidence of actual or threatened tissue damage causing the activation of peripheral nociceptors or evidence for disease or lesion of the somatosensory system causing the pain.
Morton &amp; Ben discuss.....
Whats the difference between a pain descriptor and a pain mechanism?
Why does the term nociplastic pain exist? What was the need for it? What mechanisms might underpin nociplastic pain? What treatments might help nocicplastic pain? Should it be a focus of treatment?
About Morton.....
After qualifying as a clinical physiotherapist (1999) and completing several clinical exams, Morten was granted the title of&nbsp;specialist physiotherapist&nbsp;in musculoskeletal physiotherapy (2005) and sports physiotherapy (2006). From 2010-12 he joined the multidisciplinary&nbsp;Pain: Science &amp; Society&nbsp;MSc-program at King's College London (UK). Between 2015-19 Morten did his&nbsp;PhD in Medicine/pain&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.cnap.hst.aau.dk/">Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain&nbsp;</a>(CNAP), Aalborg University, where he is now&nbsp;associate professor.&nbsp; Recent paper on Nociplastic pain -&nbsp;<a href="https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13335">https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13335</a> 
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<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Join Morton &amp;amp; Ben as they chat about the complex and confusing world of nocicplastic pain&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nociplastic pain is......&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Pain that arises from altered nociception despite no clear evidence of actual or threatened tissue damage causing the activation of peripheral nociceptors or evidence for disease or lesion of the somatosensory system causing the pain.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Morton &amp;amp; Ben discuss.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Whats the difference between a pain descriptor and a pain mechanism?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Why does the term nociplastic pain exist? What was the need for it?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;What mechanisms might underpin nociplastic pain? What treatments might help nocicplastic pain? Should it be a focus of treatment?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;About Morton.....&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;After qualifying as a clinical physiotherapist (1999) and completing several clinical exams, Morten was granted the title of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;specialist physiotherapist&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;in musculoskeletal physiotherapy (2005) and sports physiotherapy (2006). From 2010-12 he joined the multidisciplinary&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pain: Science &amp;amp; Society&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;MSc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;-&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span&gt;program at King's College London (UK). Between 2015-19 Morten did his&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PhD in Medicine/pain&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;at&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cnap.hst.aau.dk/"&gt;Center for Neuroplasticity and Pain&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;(CNAP), Aalborg University, where he is now&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;associate professor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-converted-space"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Recent paper on Nociplastic pain -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13335"&gt;https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13335&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Cor-Kinetic info snacks EP 8 - Nociplastic pain with Morton Hoegh

Join Ben as he dives into the world of neuroplastic pain!&nbsp;
"Neuroplastic pain is&nbsp;a type of chronic pain that occurs when the brain misinterprets safe signals from the body as dangerous.&nbsp;It's not imaginary, but it can be treated psychologically"
Ben asks.......
Can we really say that pain is from the brain simply because of the absence of structural issues?
Is FMRI more reliable at diagnosing the pain source than MRI?
Can neuroplastic pain rule out nociplastic pain &amp; associated nociception?

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Join Ben as he dives into the world of neuroplastic pain!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;"Neuroplastic pain is&amp;nbsp;a type of chronic pain that occurs when the brain misinterprets safe signals from the body as dangerous.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;It's not imaginary, but it can be treated psychologically"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ben asks.......&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Can we really say that pain is from the brain simply because of the absence of structural issues?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;Is FMRI more reliable at diagnosing the pain source than MRI?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can neuroplastic pain rule out nociplastic pain &amp;amp; associated nociception?&lt;/p&gt;
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Cor-Kinetic info snacks Ep 7 - Neuroplastic pain

Join Ben as he dives into the tricky subject of if exercise should be fun!
Fun is good! But maybe we need more than fun to really inspire us. Sometimes we have to do things that aren't fun but they are easier or convenient&nbsp;
Instead we may need to focus on the benefits and value that we gain even if thew process is not fun or enjoyable!

<description>
 &lt;p&gt;Join Ben as he dives into the tricky subject of if exercise should be fun!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fun is good! But maybe we need more than fun to really inspire us. Sometimes we have to do things that aren't fun but they are easier or convenient&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Instead we may need to focus on the benefits and value that we gain even if thew process is not fun or enjoyable!&lt;/p&gt;
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Cor-Kinetic Info snacks Ep 6 - Should exercise be fun!?

In this episode Ben dives into the world of uncertainty in healthcare
Ben discusses 3 main areas. Uncertainty for clinicians with tests and treatments, uncertainty for patients and then communicating uncertainty.
One of the biggest areas is the emotions associated with uncertainty, often anxiety of not knowing what is going to happen
Here are two papers discussed&nbsp;
The ubiquity of uncertainty in low back pain care
<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36215924/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36215924/</a>
Tolerating Uncertainty - The Next Medical Revolution? <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27806221/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27806221/</a>
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<description>
 &lt;p&gt;In this episode Ben dives into the world of uncertainty in healthcare&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Ben discusses 3 main areas. Uncertainty for clinicians with tests and treatments, uncertainty for patients and then communicating uncertainty.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;One of the biggest areas is the emotions associated with uncertainty, often anxiety of not knowing what is going to happen&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are two papers discussed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="heading-title"&gt;The ubiquity of uncertainty in low back pain care&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36215924/"&gt;https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36215924/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="heading-title"&gt;Tolerating Uncertainty - The Next Medical Revolution?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27806221/"&gt;https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27806221/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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