Bridging the Gap between Peripheral Treatments and Modern Pain Science

Overview

The biopsychosocial model (BPSM) of health was presented in 1977 (Engel) and is cited by most healthcare providers as the clinical reasoning model of choice.  

This conceptual framework is essential when treating chronic or persistent conditions.  

Interestingly, deviations or misinterpretations of the model appear to be rampant.  Many have fallen back to a biomedical model with only passing and courteous mention of the BPSM.  On the other side, proponents of the BPSM have succumbed to neuromania by suggesting that the client be viewed only from the perspective of the CNS, and in particular, the brain.  

In this case study presentation, presenter Cory Choma will demonstrate how a team approach was used to coordinate multiple practitioners in separate locations.  

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Join the Canadian Physiotherapy Association for this live webinar Is treating the periphery ‘Old School’?  Bridging the gap between peripheral treatments and ‘modern pain science’.

From the Presenter, Cory Choma

My contribution included using a modern pain science approach (The Pain Truth and Pain Made Easy) In conjunction with a needling technique (GunnIMS) and diagnostic blocks (Biomedical model).  Success, in this case, eliminated the proposed need for a radio-frequency neurotomy procedure.  

I present this case to suggest that peripherally directed treatments and modern pain science can and should be the same thing.  I refute the suggestion that treating the periphery is old school and I remind that Engels original concept was to see the client as a whole human made up of body parts, thoughts, fears, social interaction and more…… and NOT to be defined by any singular aspect, tissue, behaviour or diagnosis.  

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