Pain

Question 1

What is the model used to describe pain?

Answer 1

Biopsychosocial

Psychological: emotions, attitudes, perceptions, etc.

Biological: Medication, immune response, genetic, etc.

Social: Social support, family background, physical exercise, etc.

Question 2

What is pain?

Answer 2

Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with or resembling that associated with, actual or potential tissue damage

Question 3

Is pain an caused by input or output of the brain?

Answer 3

Output of the brain

Question 4

What is the difference b/ween pain and nociception?

Answer 4

Pain: experience. Potential or actual tissue damage (e.g., nervous system sensitization, thoughts and feelings)

Nociception: Neural process of encoding noxious stimuli (e.g., tissue damage, lacerations, degenerations, etc.).

Pain is NOT nociception

Question 5

What is the impact of feelings and thoughts on nociception?

Answer 5

Modulate nociception

Question 6

How is the tx impacted depending if the pain is associated w/ nociception or not?

Answer 6

Nociception: To treat pain, we treat tissue.

Pain not associated w/ nociception: Treat non-tissue damage factors (e.g., thoughts, catastrophizing, anxiety, etc.) –> Tx: CBT, pain neuroscience education