Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE)

Authors
Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Main Points

Three points of PNE

  1. Hurt does not equal harm
  2. Thoughts, feelings, actions can all trigger brains pain alarm
  3. A sensitive pain alarm can be rewired w time and practice

Evidence of PNE

Note

See Watson 20191

Watson 2019 found that

PNE + Therex

Note

see Siddall 20222

CBT-Pain

Modern form of PNE

Note

See Nijs, Phys Ther 2014

Treatment

HEP

Patient Resources

Retrain Pain

  • Retrain Pain
  • Retrain pain’s website has ~5min slides that can be used as visual aides for explaining pain.
  • Can be used for HEPs

IASP: Living with Pain

  • IASP Living with Pain
  • IASP provided a list of links that can be used for patients to find help with explaining or pychologically dealing with pain.

References

1.
Watson JA, Ryan CG, Cooper L, et al. Pain Neuroscience Education for Adults With Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. The Journal of Pain. 2019;20(10):1140.e1-1140.e22. doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2019.02.011
2.
Siddall B, Ram A, Jones MD, Booth J, Perriman D, Summers SJ. Short-term impact of combining pain neuroscience education with exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain. 2022;163(1):e20-e30. doi:10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002308

Citation

For attribution, please cite this work as:
Yomogida N, Kerstein C. Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE). https://yomokerst.com/The Archive/Interventions/PNE/pain_neuroscience_education_PNE.html