Fear-avoidance and its consequences in chronic musculoskeletal pain: a state of the art (Vlaeyen & Linton, 2000) on “Papers I Reread”, a list by Priya Nair on TheLysts.
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Year
2000
Main topic
Fear-avoidance model of pain
Key takeaway
Catastrophising and fear of movement can drive disability harder than tissue status once pain goes chronic.
Why it matters
Makes it crystal clear why education, graded exposure and language choice are as ‘hands-on’ as any manual technique.
My take
If you say ‘your back is crumbling’ to a 30-year-old and then wonder why they’re afraid to hinge, that’s on you, fight me.
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