Last year I attended my first course in The McKenzie Method® of Mechanical Diagnosis® and Therapy which dealt with the evaluation and treatment of the lumbar spine (Part A). I very much enjoyed the experience and felt like I learned a lot from the course, so I signed up to take Part B (for cervical and thoracic spine) which took place this past weekend. I didn’t write a course review for Part A last year but thought I’d share my thoughts now after taking both courses.

Clinton LeeMarch 3, 2020Comment

An Example of How I Use the Biopsychosocial Model to Explain Pain

I really appreciate it when people take the time to read some of my posts and to also share their personal experiences with pain, which isn’t always an easy thing to do because pain freaking sucks. I always try my best to respond and to answer as many questions as I can to add more of my perspective to the discussion in the hopes that people find it helpful. There were a lot of topics to unpack in what this individual shared, and I actually encounter many patients in my practice who share very similar testimonies and what I believe are erroneous thought processes behind why we experience pain. I wanted to share my response to the above in this blog post in the hopes that it may elucidate more viable mechanisms behind why we experience pain, which will hopefully help more people recover from and manage their chronic pain.