In this episode, Pain Scientist, Clinician, and Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia, Lorimer Moseley, talks about pain and research.

Today, Lorimer talks about his many streams of research, assessing cognitive flexibility, and his MasterSessions. What is cognitive flexibility and how does it affect pain?

Hear about the social determinants of pain, COVID's impact on Pain Revolution, the complexity of chronic pain, and the responsibility that comes with doing pain research, all on today's episode of The Healthy, Wealthy & Smart Podcast.

Key Takeaways

"One of the biggest determinants of your health in the US is your zip code."
"[Cognitive flexibility is] the ability of your system to change its behaviour when the task requirements or conditions change."
"If you're going to label something, it should be what it says it's doing."
"[chronic pain] is one of the most burdensome health conditions in the world."
"There's genuine, realistic, scientifically-based reason to hope things will keep improving for people with chronic pain."
"Love and be love."

More about Lorimer Moseley

Lorimer is Bradley Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia. He is a pain scientist, clinician and educator. He has made seminal contributions to how we understand pain and why it sometimes persists and has developed treatments that are now considered front line interventions in clinical guidelines internationally.

He has authored 370 research articles and seven books. His contributions have been recognised by government or professional societies in 13 countries.

In 2020, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished contributions to humanity at large in the fields of pain science and pain medicine, science communication, pain education and physiotherapy.

He lives and works on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, Australia.

Suggested Keywords

Healthy, Wealthy, Smart, Physiotherapy, Pain, Research, Cognitive Flexibility, Chronic Pain, Perception, Responsibility, Recovery,

Notable Mentions

Caitlin Howlett.

Dan Harvie.

Pain and Perception, by Dan Harvie and Lorimer Moseley.

Epiphaknee, by Lorimer Moseley, David Butler, and Tasha Stanton.

Participate in research (it takes just 20 minutes).

MasterSessions.

To learn more, follow Lorimer at:

Website: https://www.tamethebeast.org