Patients with chronic pain often report that the lack of understanding from professionals about their situation can be a major problem when receiving treatment. In this video I wanted to cover some of the main considerations that IEMT practitioners and clinicians need to have when working with chronic pain.
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Summary: Speaking from Singapore, Andy offers notes on pain for IEMT practitioners, calling it one of the most misunderstood problems for patients, therapists and doctors. He distinguishes acute and chronic pain and localised and systemic pain, and looks at the metaphors people use, how pain gets spoken of as an entity, and the paradox of painkillers and pain threshold. He invites questions at the end.
