#67: Pain and OT with Irvin Eisenberg

I once heard a neuroscientist say: 

Many of our frameworks end up being wrong—because the body is more complicated than we ever imagined. 

Pain science perfectly illustrates this. We are living in an era where new frameworks are being written—because classical understandings of pain have not only been inadequate, they have led to ineffective and even harmful treatment. 

Today, we look at a new framework for understanding pain. 

And, there’s good news for OT in it. 

The authors argue that such a complex condition needs holistic treatment like OT and PT can provide.
To help us unpack what this all can mean for your daily OT practice, we are excited to welcome to the podcast Irvin Eisenberg, who owns Resilience Occupational Therapy, where he helps members of his community manage their pain.

In order to earn credit for this course, you must take the test within the OT Potential Club.

You can find more details on this course here:
https://otpotential.com/ceu-podcast-courses/pain-and-occupational-therapy

Learn more about our guest:
https://otpotential.com/occupational-therapy-directory/irvin-eisenberg

Find more outpatient OTs on our Outpatient OT Guide:
https://otpotential.com/blog/your-outpatient-ot-guide

Here's the primary research we are discussing:
The Distributed Nociceptive System: A Framework for Understanding Pain