64 Impactful Pain Strategies
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Today hosts Tiffany and Rachel hone in on a topic of interest for both yoga students and teachers: strategies to address persistent pain. While persistent pain is dismayingly common, the journey to recovery is a personal one, requiring an individual understanding of our physical state, along with our feelings and beliefs.
In this episode, we discuss the effect of language on pain-related fear and how pain education can have a surprising impact on pain perception. We also explore sneaky yet effective ways to work with persistent pain as a yoga teacher, and how to help students in pain regain feelings of confidence and control.
Listen in to learn the importance of long-term partnership in pain management and how gradual graded exposure has the potential to change our perception of pain completely.
Show Notes:
- The impact of pain education in recovery [3:48]
- Pain as a warning signal to initiate conversation [5:45]
- Perceived vulnerability and pain: the Fit for Purpose and Predictive Coding models [8:45]
- Pain is complex and pain-related fear is natural [12:33]
- Potential “bleed over” of persistent pain: Double Crush Syndrome [14:51]
- Emotions and beliefs influence pain perception [17:13]
- Effects of language on pain-related fear; the weight of words from medical professionals [23:09]
- A partnership approach for working with students in pain [31:16]
- Start by creating a feeling of safety [35:50]
- Gradual graded exposure as pain re-education [38:16]
- Myofascial release as a tool for pain re-education [45:29]
- Changing our relationship to pain [48:23]
- Persistent pain can’t always be completely eradicated [50:26]
- Considering the potential for flareups [54:55]
- Communicating through demeanor [59:31]
- Key takeaways [1:00:28]
- The power of putting students in control [1:02:50]
Links Mentioned:
- Watch this episode on YouTube
- Nervous System & Restorative Yoga Teacher Training
- Ceneiro et al.: From Fear to Safety: A Roadmap to Recovery From Musculoskeletal Pain
- Leake et al.: Key Learning Statements for Persistent Pain Education: An Iterative Analysis of Consumer, Clinician and Researcher Perspectives and Development of Public Messaging
- Explain Pain Book
- Previous Yoga Medicine Podcast Episodes:
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