It's Not in Your Head
Welcome to It's Not in Your Head Podcast, with Dan and Juz. Dr. Dan is a Sports Physician and Justine a Pain Coach and patient. We have come together to find ways to manage complex pain better for both patients and providers. New episodes will come out bi-weekly on all major platforms.
It's Not in Your Head
3 How Pain Signals Work: Understanding Your Nervous System and Chronic Pain
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This episode breaks down a foundational metaphor for understanding chronic pain: "Pain is a Sound System." Dr. Dan Bates uses this framework to explain how pain signals get amplified in the nervous system and why the output doesn't always reflect the original injury. The episode introduces the three core types of pain — nociceptive (body part), neuropathic (nerve), and nociplastic (sensitization) — and sets the stage for the deeper dives that follow. Pain is not imaginary; it is a puzzle, and this episode begins to put it together.
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https://www.drdanbates.com.au/
Timestamps:
00:00 Official Intro
00:17 Intro - thinking about and explaining pain
03:10 Pain as a Sound System
05:00 Pain is a Social Disease
06:05 Amplification
08:55 Breaking down the Components - 1st Nociceptive Pain
10:22 Features of Nociceptive Pain
11:21 2nd Neuropathic Pain - Nerve Pain
14:02 3rd Nociplastic Pain
17:02 Features of Nociplastic Pain
17:44 Sensory Hypersensitivity
20:49 Sleep Disturbance
22:10 Cognitive Dysfunction & Mood Disturbance
24:28 Dysautonomia
25:48 More Wiggles
29:59 Central Sensitization
32:34 How can we treat people?
35:10 Pain is a Puzzle & Wrap Up
36:41 Disclaimer