PAIN AND THE BRAIN
Session 1
Brain function and neurodevelopment
Development of sensorimotor, cognitive learning and psychological functions
Interplay between concurrent brain functions in multitasking
Sensory processing
Sensory processing profiles, anxiety and depression
Session 2
Pain mechanisms – physiology and clinical recognition
Nociceptive pain
Neuropathic pain
Central pain
Session 3
Current theories on aetiology of the development of central pain
– central symptoms and central sensitisation
Current theories on rehab of central pain
– mirror therapy and graded motor imagery
– sensory discrimination therapy
Session 4
Primitive Reflex Inhibition & Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Sensory integration
– postural control, oculomotor, midline crossing, tactility in central pain
Application in non-specific chronic pain disorders, anxiety disorders, concussion disorders and whiplash associated disorders
Video examples and case studies