Unwinding Patterns

"We need to  engage  with this massive problem in a new way, give people the resources to  recover  and find the best methods to  prevent  persisting pain" Professor Lorimer Moseley, University of South Australia One in five people in Australia live with chronic pain, which can be debilitating and for many disempowering. Of these Pain Australia says Referrals to pain specialists occur in less than 15% of GP consultations where pain is managed, medications are used in close to 70% of GP consultations. One in 100 will receive multidisciplinary care. Pain Australia also reports that best practice does not support long-term use of medication for chronic pain management. So where does that leave many long-term sufferers? What of those who have already had surgery and/or use medication and continue to experience long-term pain? Or indeed, those like myself, who are told after many months of increasing pain, that there was no longer any tissue damage or evidence of s