Complex pain is, well, complicated. Explaining it effectively can be even more so. In this episode, we go through Dan's metaphor to think about and better explain pain amplification, ‘Pain is a Sound System.’

We’ll talk about how the amplification process occurs, (Justine will interrupt us with some “wiggle time”), and we’ll introduce the different types of pain that play a role including nociceptive (body part), neuropathic (nerve) and nociplastic (sensitization) pain.

With central sensitization in particular, we’ll define the different symptom buckets and pull it all together, so you can actually make sense of weird symptoms and better understand complex pain. Pain is not in your head. It is a puzzle. Let’s begin to put it together.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Official Intro

00:17 Intro - thinking about and explaining pain

03:10 Pain as a Sound System

05:00 Pain is a Social Disease

06:05 Amplification

08:55 Breaking down the Components - 1st Nociceptive Pain

10:22 Features of Nociceptive Pain

11:21 2nd Neuropathic Pain - Nerve Pain

14:02 3rd Nociplastic Pain

17:02 Features of Nociplastic Pain

17:44 Sensory Hypersensitivity

20:49 Sleep Disturbance

22:10 Cognitive Dysfunction & Mood Disturbance

24:28 Dysautonomia

25:48 More Wiggles

29:59 Central Sensitization

32:34 How can we treat people? 

35:10 Pain is a Puzzle & Wrap Up

36:41 Disclaimer