Back down the Central Sensitisation rabbit hole
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A new class of rehabilitation professional is now emerging – we can call this person a clinical scientist (or scientific clinician). Here we are referring to a professional at the clinical battlefront who uses reasoning science to integrate the best of modern science to help the patient in front of them. Clinical scientist activity ranges from reading and integrating science in the clinic to active data collection and analysis. This blog is for clinicians in the world of science.
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There are nearly two billion people in the world with an ongoing pain state – we can’t take questions from individual sufferers nor can we provide individual treatment advice but we do have a find a clinician service where you can locate clinicians around the world with Explain Pain education. You may also find reading the clinically orientated stories within noijam helpful.
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Our website noigroup.com is getting one very big overhaul. In fact, we’re rubbing it out and starting again. With the old website being put out to…
Our website noigroup.com is getting one very big overhaul. In fact, we’re rubbing it out and starting again. We can’t wait to show you the brand new…
Our website noigroup.com is getting one very big overhaul. In fact, we’re rubbing it out and starting again. We can’t wait to show you the brand new…
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