Dit betreft een cursus van het Neuro Orthopaedic Institute (NOI) uit Australië. Aangezien deze cursus in het Engels wordt gegeven, is de beschrijving van de cursusinhoud hieronder ook in het Engels weergegeven. The Explain Pain course is based on David Butler and Lorimer Moseley's book of the same name. The presenters will help you understand how the pain system works when there are injured tissues and nerves, and what happens in the brain in relation to pain experiences. You will also hear about the impact of stress in relation to pain. This course extracts novel paradigms, therapeutic stories and strategies from the neuroscience revolution for use to facilitate conceptual change for both patient and health care providers. Neuroscience can be fun. You'll be introduced to the newest knowledge about pain 'neurotags', 'brain ignition nodes', zinging and zapping nerves, smudging in the brain and backfiring nerves. You will learn about how the immune, sympathetic and cortisol systems can be critical in pain experiences. The provision of pain knowledge to patients is an effective evidence based treatment tool. Patients can understand far more than most health professionals realize. The therapeutic tools taught on this course are educating patients about how they can use their pain in an effective way, even if it is 'in their head', graded exposure to stimuli which evoke pain and also included are virtual body exercises - exercise your synapses, not just your muscles.DoelNa deze cursus is de deelnemer op de hoogte van de meest recente concepten en inzichten met betrekking tot het complexe fenomeen (chronische) pijn en de beïnvloeding ervan door middel van nieuwe pijneducatietechnieken.Didactische werkwijzeHoor- en responsiecollege, demonstratie, praktische oefeningen