The Back Pain Podcast Fear Avoidance Behaviour - What to do when a particular movement hurts
Rob goes solo in this episode and is talking about fear avoidance behaviour – when you avoid certain movements due to pain and how it can be overcome.
He discusses how it’s possible for fear-avoidance behaviours over an extended period of time can ultimately lead to increased sensitivity and pain and how to break the cycle
Fear-avoidance behaviours are often seen with lower back pain so this is an episode many will resonant with and is packed with great content on how to move forward successfully.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Fear-avoidance behaviour is avoiding a certain movement because it hurts
- Avoiding a movement because it hurts is part of the body’s protective mechanism
- It’s natural to think that resting and avoiding the movement will help with recovery but the opposite is true
- Long-term avoiding the movement can mean you become even more sensitive to the movement and this can result in increased pain
- You can become trapped in a vicious circle and this is especially common in lower back pain
- When a movement is avoided for an extended amount of time then the brain can become conditioned to create pain based on thoughts, fears and belief
- If you haven’t completed a specific movement in a very long time there can be a significant amount of anxiety around making that movement
- Breaking the cycle of fear-avoidance behaviour is very important as it can lead to anxiety, depression, a decreased quality of life and persistent pain
- Graded exposure therapy is about slowly exposing someone to something
- It involves gradually and repeatedly exposing the mind and body to painful stimuli to retrain the brain
BEST MOMENTS
‘When a movement hurts, we avoid it and its totally normal’
‘Understanding the movement is normal and that the spine is meant to bend and lift is vital’
‘You need to understand what pain is and that the body can generate pain in response to a perceived threat’
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Dave is the owner of Advanced Chiropractic, a chain of Chiropractic and massage therapy clinics in Essex, UK. Dave still sees patients during the week but has been working hard to talk to as many experts in the field of back pain as possible to help distil all the information and bring it to you in this awesome podcast. You can find Dave on any of the Advanced Chiropractic social media platforms, or you can contact him at hello@thebackpainpodcast.com if you have any questions for him.
Rob Beaven
Rob owns and runs a multidisciplinary clinic, The Dyer St Clinic in Cirencester Gloucestershire. His team of Chiropractors, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Doctors and podiatrists all collaborate on thousands of back pain patients every year. Alongside Dave, he has worked hard to bring to the table experts across all industries to give you the low down on back pain, with steps you can implement today to start feeling better.
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