Beautiful, chilly sunset in #Oslo this evening. And the sky didn't get completely dark until 10:05pm! Eager for #Paincloud2018 in less than 7 hours. @paincloud1 https://t.co/L69O1bFuQv
@felicitythow here, ready for this stellar line up at #PainCloud in Oslo 🇳🇴 I’ll confirm the hashtag soon but expect live tweets all weekend (as if #TheBigRs and #PRS2018 content wasn’t enough free CPD for one week) https://t.co/mICLJk4ZTJ
Good luck @MyCuppaJo presenting at the #paincloud2018 I know you will be awesome, promoting the Pain self-management message to the healthcare professionals attending the weekend ðŸ‘
First up @MaryOKeeffe007 - she’s published a lot of work lately answering practically relevant clinical questions - really helped my practice lately. #paincloud
@MaryOKeeffe007 talking now at #PainCloud. The hard thing will be to get her to stop @kjartanfersum @DerekGriffin86 @PeteOSullivanPT https://t.co/LNoXoabQOA
We know that unecessary imaging is harmful but just how useful are red flags? Are they evidence based? @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud https://t.co/GikIPYhgeZ
80% of people will have a red flag when the come to see you. For cancer - only well founded red flags are history of malignancy and ‘strong clinical suspicion’ #paincloud
Red flags or red herrings?
Red flags aren't always that 'red'. Most of these "red flags," such as gender, age, posture, injury, aren't directly causal to #LBP, but they are risk factors. Don't scare your patients/clients. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018
What a fantastic effort to organize and set up this event #PainCloud attracting people from near and far â¤ï¸ðŸ™Œ
Founder @OleMsal welcoming us and introducing the PainCloud collaborators. Exciting times ahead! https://t.co/nymIcwdIZw
Clearly not all about spinal tissues, but foolish to say tissues are irrelevant. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018 #physiotherapy
Current research indicate that asymptomatic subjects have more "stuff" going on in their spine than symptomatic subjects. https://t.co/oynB9WGKAj
Medical providers including PTs unprepared to treat people with pain and psychological factors that influence recovery - we judge them unfairly too! @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
Generally, physios have a poor ability to identify psychosocial factors for LBP. Oftentimes, they stigmatize patients for their "complaining" and "demanding attention."
"I'm just a physio. WTF can I do for psychological issues?"
@MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018
Helping people get out of the “not my job / scope of practice†mindset when it comes to simple evidence based advice is probably important too @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
SOP: Evidence has moved on. If we don't do this, someone else will. 😬😬😬
It may be too late to complain then.
It's a tough gig but that's because humans was extremely complex. #ManyManyLayers #PainCloud2018 @MaryOKeeffe007
“But I’m not a psychologistâ€
But we are good at working with humans and who doesn’t have a psychological/social issue in their life? #paincloud
The ineffectiveness of a treatment does not by default make non-pharmacological/surgical treatments effective. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud https://t.co/1kWgaMcTZk
“We might predict that an ineffective but theatrical interactive therapy might be expected to return small but inconsistent short term effects...†#NonPharma @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
Lots of problems with many nonpharmacological treatments - lack clear theroretical basis and based on uncontrolled observation and small effect sizes @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
How can we ensure high value care? LBP research an area ripe for exaggerated effect sizes. Do we hold it to the same accountability as pharmacological research? #paincloud
Is non-pharma treatments for #CLBP really better than the pharma treatments? We need to further develop high-value treatments! @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud https://t.co/i5so8tRued
LBP research saturated w/ exaggerated effect:
* Mostly small studies
* risks of internal study biases, yet effect sizes are still small & inconsistent.
More likely, effects are influenced by theatrical rituals of manual therapy than treatments. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/Bs7dyhKTqN
Will taking pts away from meds and replacing with non-pharma care make people’s understanding of their pain any better? Especially if WE don’t understand our treatment effects #paincloud
Don’t give mixed messages during a session like «exercise is really good for you, but you also need these insoles...» 🙄 #PainCloud https://t.co/2KCd4mkRLe
“Do we argue about the wrong things†in back pain care - fits my bias for sure of the low value of many social media debates on tiny issues @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
Exercise rarely targets the physical stuff we think it does (Steiger et al, 2011). Can we get better at opening our physical activity advice up beyond the biological? #paincloud
We tend to focus on the "bio" when prescribing exercise for LBP. Exercise rarely changes the physical components we target (Steiger et al 2011).
Some misconceptions of movement and exercise are indicated in the illustration below. #physiotherapy
@MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/Eh441f4NM9
There are still many basic misconceptions about LBP among the general public. We argue over the finer details but we must change societal beliefs first. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud
Are we missing the main goal while discussing «important» details?
We NEED a change of fundamental misconseptions on a societal level!
#PainCloud @MaryOKeeffe007 https://t.co/IXMutsLAG9
Excellent presentation from Dr Mary O’Keefe at Paincloud 2018! How we might “walk the talkâ€! Becoming more comfortable and confident in uncertainty and being aware of our own cognitive biases through patient narratives. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud https://t.co/yhkYanoVB6
What can we do now based on current knowledge? Be aware of our biases - practice deliberate debiasing, embrace complexity, listen to obvious but uncomfortable perspectives @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
Abandon any theories proven to be unhelpful or simply incorrect, whether it's "hands-on" or "hands-off." Mary O'Keeffe #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/FKTteVWmXW
Practical advice from Mary on how to walk the talk:
Get comfortable with uncertainty and risk, read patient narratives, reflect on our own biases, read this paper, listen to build trust, not necessarily a diagnosis, abandon unhelpful theories rather than Rx #paincloud https://t.co/D0cLqwAr2L
Balance listening and first person narrative without aiming strictly for satisfaction - what do patients tend to care about? https://t.co/INsStg62mW @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
Maybe we should give up on prevention and redefine recovery. Allow people to have a ‘flare up’ and use their own strategies to get through it #paincloud https://t.co/v04eBpmUum
Who defines positive health? Encourage people to get back to MEANINGFUL activities, which might be working 60 hour weeks or baking cakes rather than our own ideas of healthy living #paincloud
People use mask and camouflage to hide themselves, the difference is between them is partial and complete. I use mask to hide my #paincloud from others and waiting for the camouflage to cover up me completely...
#thoughts
Maybe we should give up on prevention and redefine recovery. Allow people to have a ‘flare up’ and use their own strategies to get through it #paincloud https://t.co/v04eBpmUum
@larsavemarie “Physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, occupational therapy, pain management are amazing - but could be better†Helping people think better and avoid reasoning errors #paincloud
I’m definitely at the right conference!
Talk by @larsavemarie
“Physiotherapy....is amazing but could be more amazingâ€
#paincloud https://t.co/sE9GNT9cDc
The open minded response is often used when you don’t agree with the specific argument someone is making - no one says this whenyou agree with them @larsavemarie #paincloud
https://t.co/sggJ5gZV5F Avoidance of Logical Fallacies: a neglected aspect of scienceâ€education and scienceâ€teacher education @larsavemarie #paincloud
System 1 thinking is fast & intuitive, almost effortless.
System 2 thinking is slower & demands more processing.
Each system has its pros & cons. It's a matter of when and how you use each system. #PainCloud2018 @larsavemarie
https://t.co/87WMYrcq86
Make sure to practice internal as well as external critical thinking - first and foremost it starts with you - your own beliefs should be questioned first @larsavemarie #paincloud
It’s been great following the #PainCloud tweets, but I need to have a ride out on the bike. Catch up with the tweets later #paincloud https://t.co/2rU7p4tKoq
@larsavemarie “make conclusions independent of your own or other peoples’ beliefs†Let’s get proven wrong and be ok with it/learn from it #paincloud https://t.co/rfyEzilfmg
Overconfidence bias: Believing you know more than someone else, acting on incomplete info or hunches, & prioritizing opinion or authority, as opposed to evidence. #PainCloud2018
Do not make your modality your "teddy bear." Emotional attachment to your modality can be painful if your "teddy bear" turns out to be wrong. @larsavemarie #PainCloud2018
“Essential reading for all physiotherapy studentsâ€
BTW: I stood consider myself a student: note to self. Read this paper!
#criticalthinking #paincloud @larsavemarie https://t.co/Q542fCZuXC
@larsavemarie reminds us of this quote. "It modulates the nervous system" or "novel input" or "window of opportunity" come to mind! #paincloud https://t.co/13JUaitTNx
Be mindful of your own world views and biases when arguing your point.
Maybe people get better not because of what we do but in spite of it...
#paincloud https://t.co/wBTRznBN7o
Q and A with @MaryOKeeffe007 #paincloud
“How do we influence the influencers in social mass education programmes?â€
Paper out soon.....
More questions than answers....
@MaryOKeeffe007 Q&A One of the hardest parts of working with journalists is that they put so much contradictory information out there without realizing it #paincloud https://t.co/spXK9MLb5h
Journalists tend to publish contradictory stories. EX: one journalist would write a more accurate story on LBP from credible expert (e.g. PT, researcher), yet another from same news source write same topic w/ less credible "expert" (e.g. celebrity) @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud2018
The ineffectiveness of a treatment does not by default make non-pharmacological/surgical treatments effective. @MaryOKeeffe007 #PainCloud https://t.co/1kWgaMcTZk
@Tash_Stanton : Reliable senses like vision can be tricked in optical illusions, no wonder our pain perception can be influenced by factors we’re not even aware of #paincloud
Behavior can be influenced by social cues.
In this example, the type of stares someone gives you when you shop could influence how much you're willing to pay for something.
Could this be extrapolate to pain perception?
https://t.co/xKd4Or23w4
@Tash_Stanton #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/bDEKja1IR9
@Tash_Stanton providing some great insights from current neuroscience on perception of our bodies & environment and its influence on pain #paincloud https://t.co/lpYCTg7Nx1
Cont. Thread: CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
First Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007 ––"Talking the talk, but are we walking the walk?"
Reference: The Lancet Series: Low Back Pain
https://t.co/vsKplxSR4F
Tags: #backpain #pain #chronicpain https://t.co/Qj3SI5l5Ea
@Tash_Stanton casually blowing our minds with neuroscience. Body perception can be altered, can we alter these perceptions to affect pain? #paincloud https://t.co/CQrQsNZYnv
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007 Imaging for low back pain is NOT indicated ––except?
The 'red flag' issue re: imaging in #LBP: evidence based?? #EVB
Sampling of 'red flags' @ the world
Ty 2 tweeters! https://t.co/5oH1SwKlqA
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007 Research: Asymptomatic subjects have more "stuff" going on in their spine than symptomatic subjects. Spinal tissue plays a role, but less than we might think. #pain #LBP https://t.co/TRE3ncPwGS
Research shows we can alter pain experience by altering perceived body size. Can it change emotions or perception of environment? Maybe but not known yet #paincloud
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007 RE: #lowbackpain & imaging:
MT @DerekGriffin86
Most "red flags" lack diagnostic accuracy.
When it comes to #imaging & red flags, do our biases get in the way?
#pain #LBP https://t.co/dvJVYosOSO
Bodily state influences your perception: fatigue and pain increase your perception of difficulty and some negative aspects of the environment @Tash_Stanton #paincloud
Our bodily state heavily influences how we perceive our environment. Extremely relevant for chronic pain and fatigue states! @Tash_Stanton #PainCloud https://t.co/fLGneHNzde
Fear increases our perception of hill steepness (Stefanucci et al, 2008), does fear influence our patient’s perception of the difficulty of tasks? #paincloud
Cont. CONF.,DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007
MT @TPMPodcast
80% of ppl will have a red flag when they come to see u. RE: cancer, the only well founded 'red flags' r history of malignancy & ‘strong clinical suspicion’ https://t.co/VqBdZQZEvx
Tasha Stanton from Body In Mind group, how multisensory inputs from bodily, evironmental and emotionel perceptions influences pain #paincloud https://t.co/ilh91K3knz
When you smell something horrible (e.g. fart), your pain sensitivity increases compared to a pleasant smell or neutral smell.
Thus, environmental cues can influence how we perceive pain. Does your clinic or spa smell like dirty feet?
@Tash_Stanton #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/HizQ3ACCNV
“Stimuli are more likely to be perceived as painful and they can hurt more when they are perceived to be harmfulâ€
@Tash_Stanton #paincloud https://t.co/wedQtue8PY
Pain can be influenced by unpleasant smells! Multi sensory inputs are key considerations in pain experience, Can we help to adapt our patients’ environment in clinic or at home where they ‘do stuff’ to reduce pain? #paincloud
Brilliant talk by @Tash_Stanton Very exciting times for chronic pain! Great things will emerge from Tasha’s work 🙂 Fascinating insights 🙌🙌🙌 #paincloud https://t.co/n43OF6bsrh
Novel findings from neuroscience and their clinical implications! Exciting stuff! Amazing work by @Tash_Stanton and Body in Mind research group #paincloud https://t.co/KuVzejcZ23
“The patient perspective. So often missing from professional conferencesâ€
@MyCuppaJo
👌
Really looking forward to hearing this
#paincloud https://t.co/BD022w5Ul8
@MyCuppaJo presenting about a patient’s perspective. Amazing, brave, and insightful. Also a shout out to @lee_eugenie in the talk! #PainCloud https://t.co/T7pfo3vG09
Clinicians often forget patients' perspective. Too much is focused on the therapists' modality & narratives (ego), & don't listen to their them.
Patients like @MyCuppaJo are likely to make dents in progressing manual therapy & other healthcare professions. #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/ROptH7C8fj
"Sometimes compassionate attention is the best gift you can give to your patients/clients." ~ @MyCuppaJo (paraphrased) #PainCloud2018
No need to give (unsolicited) advice. https://t.co/uX10cQNyuo
Joletta: “when you fail Physio and acupuncture and surgery, you start to think you are the one at fault - because your body should be fixed†#paincloud
Cont. CONF.,DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007
Not "just a physio' ––psychological key too
MT @jasonsilvernail
Pursuing promising behavioral approaches doesn’t mean we ignore biological potentials for tissue RX either https://t.co/GyotepQL4v
Cont. CONF.,DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo 4/ 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Nice schema of a behavioral/ psychological/ emotional (=human ) cycle in #chronicpain. Humans are a complex package and we present for treatment with that complexity. #pain
REF:https://t.co/ao1aGzr4Yuhttps://t.co/6E6ECMBp2J
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud–– 2018 Oslo, Norway April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007
In the interest of not manufacturing fear, helpful to recognize BUT also 'normalize' psychosocial factors. #DoNoHarm #lowbackpain shared by many
H/T @DerekGriffin86 https://t.co/6tdEQjlP9e
Joletta: “Humans are nuanced and complex. Being listened to makes you feel valued and your patient may not have experienced that in a long time†#paincloud
Get at the suffering part of pain - ask questions that get at what people have lost, what they no longer do and might not even imagine they could do again @MyCuppaJo #paincloud
The most powerful presentation on pain I have ever heard in my life @MyCuppaJo 💪(and believe me, I have heard a lot!)
Honest. Brave. Vulnerable. Courageous.
Thank you 🙠for leading the way.
Hearing the patient perspective at conferences has to be the new thing!
#paincloud https://t.co/86SSuUuhhe
Commentary with @SigMik and @kjartanfersum next - Kjartan mentions the disconnect between how pain patients are treated (often not well) versus how other patients with chronic conditions are treated #paincloud https://t.co/nr26PB6nnB
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, Norway April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007
MT @MassageFitMag We tend to focus on the "bio" when prescribing exercise for LBP. Exercise rarely changes the physical components we target (Steiger et al 2011) #PT https://t.co/OqbjKz6TyN
Kjartan thinks there has been a shift in understanding in Physio but important to keep evolving. He asks does your practice look different now to what it did 5 years ago? #paincloud
Loving the cafe style discussion with @SigMik and @kjartanfersum
Philosophising on how to navigate the pain journey as a clinician
ðŸ‘ðŸ‘for the innovative format seen today @paincloud1 #paincloud https://t.co/8EqiiiA1jr
Khartan: Talking about the pain experience is challenging because you’re having a conversation with them whilst having a conversation in your head...but don’t forget that Michael Jordan missed 9000 shots #paincloud
Both agree there can be friction between the patient and therapist when beliefs collide. “Try to make it a dance not a fightâ€
Meeting it with â›”ï¸ can create more friction #paincloud
Sigurd: start your therapeutic alliance with being polite and interested and professional because this builds the foundation we fight or dance on #paincloud
“I would love to have conferences that discuss our failuresâ€@kjartanfersum
“Do we, as clinicians, take time out to reflect on our failures?â€
“What constitutes failure?â€@SigMik #paincloud https://t.co/4YTgQbvZV3
Sigurd: you’d have to have a good rapport with someone before you tell them you disagree with their relationship choices. Likewise, we need to make sure we have a solid therapeutic alliance before we can expect to alter patients’ pain beliefs too #paincloud
“Sometimes patients have told me the only way they would admit to vulnerable emotive experiences is face down on the plinthâ€
Brilliant reflection from @kjartanfersum #paincloud
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, April 21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007 #LBP
MT @jasonsilvernail We know what low value care is (opioids, advanced imaging, surgery, interventional) - but what is high value care? (Not necessarily knee jerk PT) https://t.co/AdeXZJjpEj
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, 4/21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
More: @MaryOKeeffe007
MT @MassageFitMag
LBP research saturated w/exaggerated effect:
* Lgly small studies
* risks of internal study biases, yet effect sizes r still small & inconsistent.
Role of ritual https://t.co/vhgkLsKUOv
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, 4/21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
More: @MaryOKeeffe007
The 'moving the goalpost mentality' when explanations (or outcomes) come up short. (Pervasive in medical/ healthcare, something to be aware of & avoid.)
Here: RE: manual RX. #PT https://t.co/BMqepxDRt9
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, 4/21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
More: @MaryOKeeffe007
Unlocking the potential of physical activity for back health ––
#LBP #PhysicalActivity #exercise #pain #lowbackpain
Not being realized because: 1,2,3,4,
1. The 'right' exercise.. https://t.co/mxPm508hFV
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, 4/21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
More: @MaryOKeeffe007
Unlocking the potential of physical activity for back health ––
2. Dilution of PA with adjuncts
3. Too much focus on 'bio', target 'part'
4? Focus on pos+, embrace uncertainty https://t.co/G7QhLQCRDc
Cont. CONF., DAY 1: Pain Cloud––2018 Oslo, 4/21-22
#PainCloud {#paincloud2018}
Continued Speaker: @MaryOKeeffe007
The way forward for effective RX for #lowbackpain
♦ï¸Be a good listener, be trustworthy
♦ï¸Glean context
♦ï¸Understand pt's needs/desires/goals & respond to those https://t.co/oGshE8pRx9
“People drawn to CFT are:
1) cognitively flexible
2) don’t have a big ego
3) and really care about peopleâ€
Personal opinion of @Physio_Art in the pub @paincloud1 #paincloud
@felicitythow here, back @paincloud1, keep an eye on #paincloud for live tweets from the event. If it’s anything like yesterday, you won’t want to miss this! https://t.co/8qTGsNbI7V
My kind of conference when you end up talking song lyrics with pain geeks in an Oslo pub over a 🻠last night in #paincloud
Here’s the link to video
@MyCuppaJo @MaryOKeeffe007 @johnhurleyruan @DerekGriffin86 @Physio_Art
https://t.co/XPEmRx8JJEhttps://t.co/xRttrWjoO2
Ready for day 2 at #paincloud2018 and first presentation by psychologist and researcher @siljeendresen about â€A new and innovative approach to help people with chronic pain return to workâ€
@Helmir68 @rtholopainen https://t.co/62rFwj2zBw
Silje: Norway has the highest sick leave in the world (2012). 39% of which is MSK-related.
Worth noting its higher population of elderly/disabled people...and generous welfare system #paincloud
Norway currently has the highest rate of job absence.
Why?
- High participation rate for women, elderly, disabled.
- Changing labor markets.
- Generous welfare system: Safety net yet a welfare trap.
@siljeendresen #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/Z5JUtwHlPW
Silje: of those who were off sick with CLBP, 99% had other health complaints and 34% stated pain was not even their main problem...they reported work, family, sleep issues...#paincloud
@siljeendresen starting off the 2nd day at #paincloud A new and innovative approach to help people with chronic pain to return to work. Really looking forward to hear her talk!
Significant consequences for health in being unemployed: mortality, suicide rate, functional disorders, mental disorders. Good non-financial reasons to have a job @siljeendresen #paincloud
I would like to hear from others....
What was your take home message from Day1 from attending the #paincloud or following it via Twitter? https://t.co/ErcfJd4GbP
Silje: ‘Train and place’ schemes in Norway less successful than current Individual Placement & Support scheme which is more based on ‘place and train’ #paincloud
Silje: One IPS core principle is that it is the patient’s choice whether to return to work. There is often disparity in that the patient wants to work but clinicians have deemed ‘unfit’. They are also put in control of preferred type of work in this programme #paincloud
The Pain Toolkit Booklet has two dedicated pages regarding managing Pain at work and Returning to work with persistent pain
#PainCloud https://t.co/LcIycC10FH
Silje: started as a scheme for mental health benefits patients but there is evidence it helps chronic pain patients too - Rødevand et al, 2017 (in press) #paincloud
“Being out of work is bad for your health, work itself is good for you (provided there is a “good enough†work environment)â€
@siljeendresen #PainCloud https://t.co/3pL4Qwh8Od
You are in the business of behaviour change, whether you know it or not. Focus on what the patient does outside of the clinic #paincloud @jasonsilvernail
Jason: Performance in job or performance relies on sleep. It’s one of the ingredients for good health but 1/3 of chronic pain patients report affected sleep #paincloud
Poor sleep behaviors correlates with higher prevalence of heart disease and stroke. Most are concentrated in the American South, Central US, and L.A.
@jasonsilvernail #PainCloud2018 https://t.co/m3rxd7eEzn
Jason: you don’t need to be a dietician to give good nutrition advice much like you don’t need to be a sleep expert to give good advice on it, but get to know the research! #paincloud
We’re so lucky to have @jasonsilvernail back on #PainCloud! A great presentator, inspirator, critical thinker and likable guy overall! 🙌 https://t.co/OOjCs8X4oq
Jason: Sleep is our recharge function for our physiology and cognition. Sleep allows us to move our short term memories from the ‘USB to the hard drive’ #paincloud https://t.co/n0iU1XHnRF
@jasonsilvernail presenting on sleep and pain - excellent discussion of the importance of sleep for many aspects of our life. #PainCloud https://t.co/P33oswxoZX
Psychologist @siljeendresen kicks off day 2 on #PainCloud - Work as therapy: presenting Individual Placement and Support for patients with chronic pain
This has such a great potential! 🙌 https://t.co/r52sbBcwxb
#Facebook & #Twitter colours are blue to keep you awake since blue could keep you from falling asleep. #PainCloud2018 @jasonsilvernail
https://t.co/HLOUI40zUK
Jason endorsing naps if you need one: take the longest time >20 mins you can afford and don’t be afraid of groggy sleep inertia, it will ease #paincloud
Jason: use process goals rather than achievement goals. Chip away at behaviour changes rather than SMART goals when it comes to lifestyle: it gets people started sooner #paincloud
Use process goals instead of achievement goals. Focus more on systems of processes instead of outcomes. Build desired habits of actions @jasonsilvernail #PainCloud
We need to break out of our predetermined boxes. We can help people manage stress, sleep and diet, even if we’re not psychologists, dietitians or sleep experts. Know some science and learn how to coach people. #PainCloud @jasonsilvernail
Challenge to all healthcare practitioners!
«You can deliver healthcare without telling whats wrong with them.»
🙌
@jasonsilvernail @paincloud1 #PainCloud
«Do you need to be a dietician to advice people about the benefits of fruit and vegetables?
You don’t need to be a psychologist or a psychiatrist to give advice about positive health behaviors like stress management or sleeping habits.»
#PainCloud @jasonsilvernail https://t.co/ihrURbWZAu
Our bodily state heavily influences how we perceive our environment. Extremely relevant for chronic pain and fatigue states! @Tash_Stanton #PainCloud https://t.co/fLGneHNzde
Not quite the “nappucino†but think @Physio_Art has taken on board the concept of actioning behaviour habit change in the Oslo sunshine during lunch right now @jasonsilvernail
#napping #20mins #sleepbanking
#sleep #paincloud https://t.co/GVd75vkzWB
Just chatting to @jasonsilvernail over lunch about dignity in leadership and positive framing. Man of my own heart!
He’s heading to New York for the PT women in leadership conference with @karenlitzyNYC.
#paincloud
I’d love to go to that one! https://t.co/Kj5h0GX4vD
Reductionism is not a fallacy, but it has major limitations in the understanding of complex conditions, like chronic pain. @ToddHargrove #PainCloud https://t.co/BZS2dqxI4e
Todd: an individual ant isn’t particularly intelligent but a group of ants is a highly adaptive unit. 🜠Studying an aspect of pain in isolation is not as useful as considering the person as a whole #paincloud
Todd: Low back pain is non-linear in its behaviour: small inputs can have huge outputs and vice versa. Also lots of small inputs can create a change, progress is non-linear too! #paincloud
Todd Hargrove demonstrating on how simple behaviours can lead to phenomenal changes in the system as a whole #paincloud #leadership #cspldp @ToddHargrove https://t.co/LIZ6S2UhmS
Machine variability is a sign of dysfunction -
Biological variability is normal and healthy -understand the kind of system you are dealing with @ToddHargrove #paincloud https://t.co/4GELDLA24y
Todd: we are not machines because we have Variablilty. Can’t think of the body as a machine because in machines input=output and their movement is constrained.
Variability is good because it makes us robust and adaptable #paincloud
Experts have natural variability in execution of motion - novices more rigid and less variable, more mechanical @ToddHargrove #paincloud https://t.co/6B9v1fms15
Love this idea - critical states in complex systems - conceptual framework for large changes in pain with relatively minor provocation. @ToddHargrove #PainCloud
Amazing talk on complex systems and understanding by @ToddHargrove - he has a great way of making complicated issues practically relevant #paincloud https://t.co/QfRMF1f3Wk
Todd: Self organisation theory works in sport. Maybe it’s best to create a good environment rather than change the way individuals move #paincloud https://t.co/T1YK6Z5cwT
Todd: if the focus chronic pain, we need to think more holistically. We need to be able to talk to people about these higher level topics #paincloud https://t.co/eLYfKXYs37
Todd:machines are complicated, organisms are complex.
To solve complicated problem (rocket science, surgery) you need a reductionist strategy so knowledge is powerful.
Complex problems (raising kids, relationships) needs no ‘expertise’ but need to address many factors #paincloud
Complicated pain exists (ligament ruptures, fractures). Complex pain (chronic pain) however does not need a complicated plan but does need care to address multiple factors #paincloud
“Complex pain is not fixed in the same way as a car because it’s organic, we can evolve out if itâ€
“As therapists we are more like a gardener or a parent than a mechanicâ€
@ToddHargrove #PainCloud https://t.co/ZHSPDj7DWk
Complex problems does not have to be complicated (even though they often are). @ToddHargrove with a brilliant talk at #PainCloud https://t.co/uq1nZQuMva
Research constrains the therapeutic territory to explore but you have wide freedom to explore in different evidence based areas @ToddHargrove #paincloud https://t.co/0EiKjJOaLo
5 major takeaways from talk by @ToddHargrove #paincloud
Getting comfortable with being uncomfortable : where have I heard that before?🤔#leadership #cspldp
@suehaywardgiles @SP_Physio https://t.co/0D86omj0Fh
Todd Hargove @ToddHargrove spoke about complexity. We humans are complex organisms, not machines which can be simply be fixed. In human things happen in non-linear way, rarely if ever in a linear way.
#PainCloud #Oslo https://t.co/QOZXvf4SHI
If complex systems theory piqued your interest - here’s more recommendations from @ToddHargrove to cram into your brain 👌🼠#paincloud https://t.co/uuf5gPFTLA
Derek: we can’t isolate patients into groups, it’s a spectrum and we can’t assume the fit into a ‘box’.
Peripheral v central, mechanical v non-mechanical is more reductionist than the BPS model could allow for #paincloud
Why are some exercises called mind body exercise? Doesn’t all exercise influence the mind and body. Mind and body can’t be separated @DerekGriffin86 #paincloud
@DerekGriffin86 - fantastic discussion of the problems with categorising problems and being reductionistic. “There is no patient that I see that does not have some pain with movement†- so are all mechanical? Excellent! #PainCloud https://t.co/0FWjxnlVzd
Are the clinical descriptions we use regarding pain really valid? Do they represent a true BPS approach? @DerekGriffin86 asking important questions at #PainCloud https://t.co/3D7ITWSd98
Maybe we shouldn’t think so differently about the back vs periphery, or specific vs non-specific. Prognostic-based models might be more reaaonable. #PainCloud @DerekGriffin86
Derek bringing in some themes from @MaryOKeeffe007’s session - are we walking the walk?
Lots of these ideas are similar, don’t look at the list as distinct interventions, he advises #paincloud https://t.co/UG48vcslTW
We hear of mental health problems, why don’t we hear of physical health problems? Is depression aâ€mental disorder?†Care with terminology! @DerekGriffin86 #paincloud
“Are we wasting time trying to do specific tests instead of looking at identifying patients at risk of disabling pain†@DerekGriffin86 #paincloud https://t.co/IW3z2edXXp
Who develops persistent, disabling low back pain? 😬
- Passing coping (e.g. relying on therapist for treatment)
- Perceived lack of control over their pain
- Low expectations of recovery
- Negative beliefs
- Lower social class
#PainCloud2018 @DerekGriffin86
Derek: Biological. Psychological. Social. This is reductionist too! The BPS model involves the neuroimmune system and while pain can be one physiological symptom, there are many more and this can be where psychology and social factors interact #paincloud
What are we targeting with therapy?
The stressor? The stress response?
Or.......
“Can we equip people to increase increased coping ability?†@DerekGriffin86 #paincloud https://t.co/JefPe7Mlgb
Explain pain can equip people with what they need to facilitate behaviour change, regardless of hos useful it is as a stand-alone treatment #paincloud #explainpain @DerekGriffin86
Graded exposure - more than movement! Individual (relevance, preference etc) and contextual factors (multiple context, challenging feared movements specfically, etc) can be tailored and modified. Reflect during intervention #PainCloud @DerekGriffin86
Derek: brains learn from error, not what it’s already good at. Exposure has to be to be broad and individualised to a person’s movements deemed threatening #paincloud
Derek: help people to accept their pain for what it is- an overprotector, a protector that has got too good at its job rather than the ‘Enemy’. Help reduce pain itself as a stressor #paincloud
Using flare-ups for experiential learning can be very useful. You encounter a crossroads. Do you take the path you normally travel, or can you explore new ways and learn #PainCloud @DerekGriffin86
And that’s it from Pain Cloud! A brilliant conference if you get the chance to attend. Trending in Norway, our work here is done 😉 #paincloud #TPMP https://t.co/bSjvmKMvsH
Yes setbacks are opportunities to learn, although we don’t see it like that at the time.
The man or woman who makes no mistakes, doesn’t make nothing #paincloud https://t.co/GDHRTX3bR0
Honest and valuable views about real life experience about suffering yesterday from brave and sweet @MyCuppaJo She was main reason for me to participate to #PainCloud You are what you are and be brave of that. #human #nomore #noless https://t.co/kvhhVQkdnP
This nappucino is really taking off. What did you say about behaviour change habit @jasonsilvernail ?
Contagious behaviours happening here in Oslo @johnhurleyruan #paincloud https://t.co/Nd8Dkfjr2j
I have really enjoyed the #paincloud convention not only the excellent talks but meeting likeminded people from all the corners of the world🙠want to sum it up with a picture @ToddHargrove had under his presentation👌 https://t.co/rGyvjxeETg
I have never been to a conference before where I have taken 📠notes in the bar......@paincloud1 @Physio_Art
#paincloud #thinkingdifferently #thinkingaboutthinking https://t.co/ixFDtSe1sA
One important take-home measage from this weekend: we don’t have the perfect answers to deal with pain, but we know a fair bit about what we need to do less of, and we still have some ways to wander there (messages regarding pain and movement etc) #paincloud
#paincloud was 2nd trending in Norway 🇳🇴 👊
And this tweet was the 2nd top tweet of the #paincloud (or at least that’s what @felicitythow told me!)
@MyCuppaJo https://t.co/SMzDuZyCHK
This made me laugh. If you haven't already, check out the tweets from #paincloud many great quotes, slide shots, and references! https://t.co/St2tDZerY8
Tried out a workshop with @LaurenDAustin and cut my hours in half. #paincloud #Horses #ArtOfTheDay #paintings going to have some more #funtimes in the future. https://t.co/zkVrdVaMFY
Ok everyone. If you have been basking in sunshine and not on twitter then immediately take a look at the following hashtags.
There is some absolute gold in them from Friday-Sunday!
#paincloud
#TheBigRs
Get involved!
Discussing how to target societal beliefs surrounding the meaning of pain was a key focus of this weekend @paincloud1 #paincloud
Targeting policy makers, healthcare systems, governments and the media top priorities https://t.co/nQexVF3Q9K
Prince was struggling with pain after years of intense performing and addicted to pain medication. There are more effective and less harmful ways to manage ongoing pain. https://t.co/OjpM0qfKoQ @australian
Cont., Thread: #CriticalThinking –––medical decision making
Speaker @larsavemarie talk at #paincloud conf.@ centrality of critical thinking in improving clinical practice, his 'rules':
#1 Don't assume ppl are logical reasoning individuals
(types of competence-worst:unconscious) https://t.co/9rYuzm5NIW
Just sat in an Oslo cafe with study buddy @Physio_Art going through your sleep presentation @jasonsilvernail
Thank you! #paincloud https://t.co/q1XQLciplD
Cont., Thread: On #CriticalThinking
Via @larsavemarie /#paincloud
♦️clinical reasoning, a skill, honed over yrs of practice
♦️System 1 vs System 2 thinking
♦️DX error linked 2over-reliance on System 1 (intuitive) thinking over more deliberate cognitive approach of System 2 https://t.co/GfusYuIeKc
Cont., Thread: Critical thinking –––– medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
His definitions 🔽, a process built on understanding of human thought systems to systematically evaluate one's own and others beliefs
"take a cricket bat to your own" https://t.co/C1WKgvA1uH
Cont., Thread: Critical thinking –––– medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
In making statements, specify whether the statement is a:
♦️subjective opinion• claim
OR
♦️objective truth• claim
Cont.,Thread: Critical thinking ––medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
In decision making, take time to gather the data ––prior to theorizing. (O/w too easy to twist the data to fit 'chosen' theory.) "To know the mind is to conquer the mind" https://t.co/MuZLzHZije
Cont.,Thread: #CriticalThinking –– & medical decision making
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
Overconfidence bias:
"believing one knows more than one does, acting on incomplete information or hunches and prioritizing opinion and authority over evidence." ––Bordini et al 2017
Cont.,Thread: Critical Thinking –– & medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
#Cognitive #error and emotion ––
"We are especially prone to cognitive errors when we deal with things we have an emotional attachment to."
Cont.,Thread: Critical Thinking –– & medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
🔽
"Outcomes measure outcomes, NOT effects of intervention."
Full:
https://t.co/q11MCBVLXN
Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 2005 Vol. 51 https://t.co/DXfn5MrKcD
Cont.,Thread: Critical Thinking –– & medical decision making #CriticalThinking
Speaker @larsavemarie /#paincloud
Two recommendations (see image)
Testing Treatments ––– cc #EvidenceLive @EvidenceLive https://t.co/eHiNaRP8gq
You’ve really made me think @MyCuppaJo
This book just drew me in....
#paincloud #artistherapy #pain
This website was highlighted throughout Joletta’s inspiring talk in Saturday @paincloud1 :
https://t.co/dEAC0ryieThttps://t.co/vDDZScYnmq
@JanetThomas47 @physiotalk Yes, I walked into #paincloud this weekend and knew lots of the audience purely from Twitter. Even better that it was across international and professional boundaries #physiotalk
From the next big thing to a forgotten, forlorn athlete - Kevin Mulcaire has had it rough the past few years. Caught up with him a long way from home to hear his story. https://t.co/Ndm6WlxUqB
100% agree @jerry_osteopath. It was a fantastic display of a deep understanding of the field of pain and BPS model of care by @DerekGriffin86 🤗 #paincloud https://t.co/utPB11ZRAY
Excellent closing presentation by @DerekGriffin86 Just bloody impressive insights about pain and BPS model. We need to understand that only patients holds the keys to open up doors out of suffering. Its not only pain we should address. #puregold #thanks https://t.co/EIYzFMR4PK
I respectfully disagree with this @CWrightPhysio
We are missing a whole world of opportunity if we don’t appreciate Twitter is a platform to engage with patients, purchasers, professional groups etc to showcase what we do
1/2 #paincloud https://t.co/9pae1bfX61
@CWrightPhysio @ashjamesphysio 2/2
How to change societal pain messages was discussed at length at #paincloud with @MaryOKeeffe007 and @DerekGriffin86
The answers might lie with purchasers and patients demanding us (ie healthcare industry)to change
All 👀 are watching us here: it’s a real change to influence!
@ashjamesphysio @CWrightPhysio @thecsp Just look at how #paincloud trended as no2 in Norway. That will have engaged people well beyond healthcare.
We have to change to system thinking: and how we can influence wider than just ourselves. Let’s face it, we are preaching to the converted anyway thro Twitter!
@CWrightPhysio @ashjamesphysio @thecsp No it trended #paincloud as No2- see @TPMPodcast tweets about it. I was discussing this with @felicitythow on Sunday night (awesome digital knowledge btw Felicity!)
Every one of us has a part to play on this!
Back to work today. No louder yet softer voice has inspired me more than listening to @MyCuppaJo @paincloud1 #paincloud
I am brave. I am bruised. I am who I’m meant to be. #thisisme https://t.co/kK672G8AIB
The most powerful presentation on pain I have ever heard in my life @MyCuppaJo 💪(and believe me, I have heard a lot!)
Honest. Brave. Vulnerable. Courageous.
Thank you 🙏 for leading the way.
Hearing the patient perspective at conferences has to be the new thing!
#paincloud https://t.co/86SSuUuhhe
I got told to look at the #paincloud thread the other night. I don’t work in MSK but deal with back pain in A&E quite a bit. But this slide makes me both chuckle but also makes me wary of the language I use. https://t.co/YHZA4HDw99
“Essential reading for all physiotherapy students”
BTW: I stood consider myself a student: note to self. Read this paper!
#criticalthinking #paincloud @larsavemarie https://t.co/Q542fCZuXC
Thanks to Ole (@paincloud1) for a fantastic few days in Norway. You have set the bar very high. It was great to meet up with great colleagues from around the world. It was a pleasure to be involved in this great event. Thanks to @NickNgfreelance for the great pic! #paincloud https://t.co/ySG5ibBTH3
Heading home from #PainCloud 2018. I think these smaller regional conferences with top speakers and more time for interaction are the wave of the future. Huge thanks to @OleMsal for putting on an amazing conference and cabin getaway afterward! https://t.co/PqiLt8mS1r
@jasonsilvernail @OleMsal I’m so inspired by the whole entity of #paincloud as well as its intent.
Your talk was 🤩Jason and I have already organised some family’s &kids to come round to my house to talk them through “daily download” and “wringing the sponge”concepts
How did I get to 43 and not know that?
Just shown this slide from #paincloud @ToddHargrove to a patient to help the make sense of their pain flares
It helped validify his own discrepancies in the story he had previously been given
He “got it”
Thanks Todd! (Now onto the @kieranosull test next time around!) https://t.co/0ZZHKaz3dG
@ashjamesphysio @TPMPodcast @AdamMeakins @JackAChew @physiojack @rehabrich @MaryOKeeffe007 @tomgoom @thomas_jesson I understand the concept but as per my #paincloud talk, I don't like this distinction between bio/psycho/social. Nothing fits neatly into either category and I believe it to be reductionist.
"You are in the business of behaviour change whether you know it or not."
@jasonsilvernail. Some great #paincloud tweets coming courtesy of @LarsAvemarie . This one from Jason Silvernail absolutely nails it. https://t.co/GND5nmRITd