Episode 028 Central Sensitization in a Nutshell with Jo Nijs
Physiotutors Podcast
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Increasing Sensitivity of the Nervous System in Chronic Pain
Central sensilization is an increased sensitivity of the nervous system. It's a response of the human body when to somehow protect the human body and to regain homeostasis. In many patients with chronic pain this alarm system is not turned off again afterwards, and that in the chronic phase, it kept on being activating. And therefore it's really relevant for clinitions to to recognize this, because it also starts to dominate the clinical picture of the patients.
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