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== What’s the Protectometer == | == What’s the Protectometer == | ||
The Protectometer is a tool developed by Lorrimer Moseley and David Butler for use by clinicians and patients in helping to understand what causes an individuals’ experience of pain ( | The Protectometer is a tool developed by Lorrimer Moseley and David Butler for use by clinicians and patients in helping to understand what causes an individuals’ experience of pain (Refs) | ||
It is one of the tools used in the Explain Pain approach to pain management. This approach uses as number of educational interventions to help pts and clinicians manage pain ( | It is one of the tools used in the Explain Pain approach to pain management. This approach uses as number of educational interventions to help pts and clinicians manage pain (Refs) | ||
[[File:Protectometer-introduction.jpg|thumb|257x257px]] | [[File:Protectometer-introduction.jpg|thumb|257x257px]] | ||
The Protectometer uses the concepts of DIMs (‘Danger in Me’) and SIMs (‘Safety in Me’) to help understand why we experience pain ( | The Protectometer uses the concepts of DIMs (‘Danger in Me’) and SIMs (‘Safety in Me’) to help understand why we experience pain (Refs) | ||
== What are DIMs and SIMs? == | == What are DIMs and SIMs? == | ||
DIMs- things the brain might see as credible evidence of | DIMs- are things that the brain might see as credible evidence of ‘Danger In Me’’. They may be things we hear, see, touch, taste; things we do; things we think and believe; places we go; people in our life; and things happening in our body (Ref) | ||
SIMs - things the brain might see as credible evidence of | SIMs - are things the brain might see as credible evidence of ‘Safety in Me’. They may be in the same categories as the above (Ref) | ||
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Revision as of 07:46, 10 March 2018
Original Editor - Bridget Ward (VOC- work in progress)
What’s the Protectometer[edit | edit source]
The Protectometer is a tool developed by Lorrimer Moseley and David Butler for use by clinicians and patients in helping to understand what causes an individuals’ experience of pain (Refs)
It is one of the tools used in the Explain Pain approach to pain management. This approach uses as number of educational interventions to help pts and clinicians manage pain (Refs)
The Protectometer uses the concepts of DIMs (‘Danger in Me’) and SIMs (‘Safety in Me’) to help understand why we experience pain (Refs)
What are DIMs and SIMs?[edit | edit source]
DIMs- are things that the brain might see as credible evidence of ‘Danger In Me’’. They may be things we hear, see, touch, taste; things we do; things we think and believe; places we go; people in our life; and things happening in our body (Ref)
SIMs - are things the brain might see as credible evidence of ‘Safety in Me’. They may be in the same categories as the above (Ref)
How does this relate to pathophysiology?[edit | edit source]
DIMs and SINs are hypothesised by L and G to be represented by neurotags in the brain, that is .... (Article full EPS p., other article pain)
They propose that these can be modified and changed, to change the perception of pain, by using the EP approach.
What’s the evidence?[edit | edit source]
There is growing evidence of this approach in a number of subgroups such as ........( article) with research ongoing. This includes the sue of the Protectometer.
