Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)

•  What is Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)?

• What does PNE consist of / involve?

• Rx to resolve?

• Indicators for the use of PNE

• The benefits of PNE

• Drawbacks

• How widely is it used?

• Nationally / internationally

• Which patients groups it works best for

• Training / education of therapists to use it

• What is the history and where has it been developed from?

• Developed from theory of pain = tissue damage (cathartic)

• Brain scans of perceptions of LBP

• Section 1 – Scenarios to aid learning and clinical relevance:

• Becky’s Boss interviewed showing an experience of now chronic LBP that was managed by medication only

• Limited education given and ? low knowledge of pain mechanisms etc.

• Diagram of alarm systems (can be a hand drawn and in a simple video format with narration or just images with text)

• Interview (video or transcript) with Leanne @ NUH (to email 06/01/2016)

• Her experiences / beliefs

• What is PNE

• How does she use it?

• What are the outcomes like for her patients?

• Section 3 – Evidence

1. Paper 1 (with link)
2. Paper 2 (with link)
3. Paper 3 (with link)
4. Paper 4 (with link)
5. NICE Guidelines

• Comment and clinical bottom line of evidence collectively.

• Summary:

• Concise summary or key points of the page.

• Resources and useful links:

1. Podcasts
2. Youtube videos
3. Books
4. Research
5. Website

• Conclusion of entire page.

• Resources
  
• References: