One of the most pervasive misconceptions in health is that pain means injury or damage. The truth is that pain is poorly correlated with damage (hurt doesn’t always mean harm). Not convinced? What could explain...

For a long time, the human spine has been viewed as a machine: if you overloaded it with a single excessive force or repetitive loading, there would be ‘wear and tear’ (structural damage, e.g., disc...

Your health practitioner powerfully influences your health beliefs and attitudes.1 You should be able to trust what they say because they should know more and they usually want to help you. However, good intentions don’t always...

‘Incorrect’ technique is a common concern for many people. Part of this concern stems from well-intentioned health and fitness professionals claiming that there’s an optimal way to move to treat or prevent pain/injury.

Low back pain (LBP) is the leading cause of disability globally and tends to be associated with costly, ineffective and sometimes harmful healthcare. Unhelpful beliefs about LBP are likely a strong driver in this disability...

When you’re recovering from pain or injury, you’d probably prefer to get better each day if you could. However, recovery tends not to be smooth sailing back to where you were before.

People with osteoarthritis are often told phrases, such as:⚠️ ‘You’ve got bone on bone.’⚠️ ‘It’s caused by wear and tear.’⚠️ ‘It’s only going to get worse.’ Unfortunately, such statements can be setting people up for failure...

Plantar fasciitis, plantar fasciopathy, plantar heel pain

Why is muscle soreness after exercising our arms and legs viewed as good... But muscle soreness after exercising our lower back viewed as bad?