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Use The Boss Metaphor To Reframe Pain
- Explain pain as a brain-led threat response using a simple metaphor to reduce threat (the boss metaphor).
- Ask 'what would you need to show your boss to make him go back to the golf course?' to guide graded activity.
Seesaw Model Links Sensitivity And Tissue Capacity
- Conceptualize pain sensitivity as a seesaw between nervous system vigilance and tissue capacity.
- Pain education aims to 'turn the boss down' while graded loading improves tissue function to rebalance the seesaw.
Use Lived Experiences To Teach Pain Science
- Use experiential examples (blinking, hypnic jerk) to show patients that real experiences can be brain-generated and still valid.
- Let patients question their own experiences rather than only giving abstract info.