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Back Pain and Talking Therapies
Charlie was debilitated by back-and-hip pain for about three years. After learning about the mind-body connection and our nervous system, I was able to heal from my pain using those techniques. Can you explain why our mind impacts our physical health so much? And do we know that that works as an approach in back pain? Alongside, I think physiotherapy is the best bet. We did a trial at Kings called the PAC trial,. which was published in 2020 in the Journal of Pain. It found this combined psychologically informed physiotherapy actually helped people to function better in the short term.