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  1. Goodbye and good riddance, Google Analytics » Dec 6, 24
  2. Can creatine treat its own insomnia side effect? » Dec 5, 24
  3. Weird health claims about magnesium » Dec 3, 24
  4. Shockwave therapy: ultrasound reborn! 🔈 » Nov 30, 24
  5. STUDY: Vibration therapy for a disease triggered by vibration » Nov 27, 24
  6. Overestimating “success rates” (for dry needling) » Nov 23, 24
  7. The awful power of cramps demonstrated by rabies » Nov 18, 24
  8. STUDY: Exercise eases inflammatory back pain—but why? » Nov 15, 24
  9. Q&A: Beyond kegels for pelvic organ prolapse prevention » Nov 13, 24
  10. Lose belly fat, hurt less (because metabolism) » Nov 12, 24
  11. Exercise is anti-inflammatory medicine for injuries (Member Post) 🔈 » Nov 8, 24
  12. The myth of feminine fragility » Nov 4, 24
  13. You’ve only heard of marketable pain treatments » Oct 29, 24
  14. STUDY: Can you attack back pain with knowledge bombs? » Oct 23, 24
  15. Pain relief from doing the most painful thing 🔈 » Oct 19, 24
  16. STUDY: Hip and core strength can prevent running injuries » Oct 16, 24
  17. Chiropractic with a hammer » Oct 15, 24
  18. Blog pause for Covid recovery & post stockpiling » Oct 5, 24
  19. Plug your sodium channels with VX-548 » Sep 30, 24
  20. Trigger points debate greatly delayed (Member Post) 🔈 » Sep 27, 24
  21. Reciprocal inhibition invalidated (15 years ago) » Sep 25, 24
  22. Is junk food exhausting? » Sep 23, 24
  23. Blood-starved kneecaps » Sep 18, 24
  24. The rhythm of throbbing pain » Sep 16, 24
  25. Exercise for arthritis is underwhelming » Sep 11, 24
  26. Magnesium supplementation as a pain killer 🔈 » Sep 6, 24
  27. Six hours work for one citation » Sep 4, 24
  28. A new placebo analgesia review » Sep 3, 24
  29. Plentiful potent PEMF prevails (defying my cynical prediction) 🔈 » Aug 27, 24
  30. Shocking shockwave defeat » Aug 21, 24
  31. Inflamed planet: do chemicals explain some pain? (Member Post) 🔈 » Aug 19, 24
  32. The physical activity paradox » Aug 16, 24
  33. Sleeping on the floor is not like getting an 8-hour massage » Aug 11, 24
  34. An allergy to … meat?! » Aug 10, 24
  35. Common lung dysfunction makes people weaker » Aug 7, 24
  36. Germ theory denialism is the flat Earth of biology 🔈 » Aug 1, 24
  37. The trouble with demonizing trivial physical stresses 🔈 » Jul 26, 24
  38. Running does not wreck knees (probably) » Jul 24, 24
  39. Walking back the WalkBack Trial 🔈 » Jul 18, 24
  40. A test of lidocaine for neck pain » Jul 9, 24
  41. Modern Pain Care interview » Jul 9, 24
  42. Empathy is medicinal » Jul 6, 24
  43. Bone-on-bone, Part 2: Should we ever say it? (Member Post) 🔈 » Jul 3, 24
  44. Dancing With Dog Toys + DMSO » Jun 26, 24
  45. The trouble with the OPAL trial of opioids for back pain 🔈 » Jun 20, 24
  46. Debunking for a living » Jun 19, 24
  47. Weird bones are normal 🔈 » Jun 18, 24
  48. Diagnosis or the patient? What matters more for prognosis » Jun 14, 24
  49. Can pain be conditioned? The plausibility and the evidence 🔈 » Jun 11, 24
  50. Pain self-efficacy » Jun 1, 24
  51. Ruben’s miracle: extreme back pain eliminated by ketamine 🔈 » May 31, 24
  52. Back pain: not a couch potato problem » May 25, 24
  53. Is chronic pain a lifestyle problem? » May 24, 24
  54. A rare remission of a savage headache » May 24, 24
  55. What’s “cholesterol denialism”? » May 24, 24
  56. A new molecule to blame for pain: “Xist” » May 22, 24
  57. Have scientists discovered inflammation’s master switch in the vagus? 🔈 » May 20, 24
  58. So sorry about my last post (about trusting pain) 🔈 » May 17, 24
  59. You can trust your pain (mostly) 🔈 » May 14, 24
  60. How often is “bone on bone” bogus? 🔈 » May 9, 24
  61. Not sciatica but Parkinson’s » May 4, 24
  62. Herniation size and symptoms » May 3, 24
  63. Kneecap replacement: how bad an idea is it? 🔈 » May 2, 24
  64. Back pain trajectories 🔈 » Apr 26, 24
  65. Treating PIS and long Covid 🔈 » Apr 19, 24
  66. Touchy subject » Apr 18, 24
  67. Nocebic organizations » Apr 18, 24
  68. Spinal discs at risk, but not from the usual suspects 🔈 » Apr 15, 24
  69. Podcast at last! » Apr 11, 24
  70. A noisy “release”? 🔈 » Apr 9, 24
  71. Built for pressure: How thick is kneecap cartilage? 🔈 » Apr 3, 24
  72. It’s surprisingly hard to recover from being really chilly » Apr 2, 24
  73. Three painful science snacks: weekend warriorism, exercise for back pain, and calcific tendinitis 🔈 » Mar 29, 24
  74. Ice bath safety and hypoxic blackout 🔈 » Mar 25, 24
  75. Dehydration itself may be less potent than fearing it 🔈 » Mar 21, 24
  76. We’re sharing a drink called pain » Mar 20, 24
  77. Can we ever deny someone’s pain? » Mar 18, 24
  78. Who gets studied? The demographics of pain research 🔈 » Mar 16, 24
  79. Do most painful conditions resolve spontaneously? (Member Post) 🔈 » Mar 15, 24
  80. Fibromyalgia drives people to drink 🔈 » Mar 9, 24
  81. Butt-hurt about hurt butts » Mar 7, 24
  82. The evidence on Botox for muscle knots blew my mind once upon a time 🔈 » Mar 4, 24
  83. Pictures of spinal inflammation: a correlation kerfuffle 🔈 » Feb 29, 24
  84. Any exercise is a lot better than none » Feb 26, 24
  85. Injuries causing injuries causing injuries? 🔈 » Feb 26, 24
  86. A potent link between pain and lousy sleep…regardless of your budget 🔈 » Feb 22, 24
  87. More nocebos + degenerative hair disease 🔈 » Feb 21, 24
  88. A sunset that causes headaches? » Feb 17, 24
  89. What is a “release” in manual therapy? (Member Post) 🔈 » Feb 12, 24
  90. Gluteal massage gone wrong » Feb 10, 24
  91. Study: Softer, quicker running improves patellofemoral pain 🔈 » Feb 5, 24
  92. Naprapathy: a vintage modality mash-up » Feb 2, 24
  93. Physical therapy is still dominated by one big, wrong idea 🔈 » Jan 29, 24
  94. Can we ignore the source, rather than considering it? » Jan 24, 24
  95. Scraping massage is badly over-hyped » Jan 22, 24
  96. Reasonable doubt: the special threat of health anxiety (hypochondria) 🔈 » Jan 19, 24
  97. Nocebo versus sugar-coating: the pros and cons of colourful descriptions of painful problems 🔈 » Jan 15, 24
  98. Barefoot walking for plantar fasciitis: better than I thought? (Member Post) 🔈 » Jan 11, 24
  99. Science round-up: six painful science stories from 2023 » Jan 9, 24
  100. New year, new server! PainScience.com offline a bit » Jan 3, 24
  101. More anticonvulsants, more! 🔈 » Dec 30, 23
  102. A tale of two kinds of knee pain 🔈 » Dec 18, 23
  103. As heard on NPR…just barely (Member Post) 🔈 » Dec 14, 23
  104. Pull harder! The “key” to tendinitis? » Dec 11, 23
  105. The curious example of occipital neuralgia 🔈 » Dec 9, 23
  106. A different kind of injury mechanism » Dec 8, 23
  107. Inflamed, but not psychosocially » Dec 1, 23
  108. Case study of good natural recovery from cauda equina syndrome » Nov 27, 23
  109. Q&A: Can “compensation” for an old injury cause a new pain? » Nov 25, 23
  110. No obvious neck abnormalities in headache patients 🔈 » Nov 22, 23
  111. This heartburn news is giving me heartburn! 🔈 » Nov 18, 23
  112. Wim Hof Method vs. The Null Hypothesis 🔈 » Nov 11, 23
  113. Heart stopping information: exactly how we faint » Nov 4, 23
  114. A point for PEMF? Pending confirmation of effect size » Nov 1, 23
  115. Do you feel lucky, punk? CBD product efficacy and toxicity » Oct 28, 23
  116. Pass the bag of pain! Junk food as an inflammation driver 🔈 » Oct 24, 23
  117. An overdue review of the venerable McKenzie Method (Member Post) 🔈 » Oct 20, 23
  118. Criticize the science that supports you » Oct 17, 23
  119. Cell phone horns 😈 + salamander on NPR about tech and bodies 🔈 » Oct 14, 23
  120. The surreal appeal of pain “hacks” » Oct 13, 23
  121. Paxlovid rebound is not a thing + Covid hurts 🔈 » Oct 10, 23
  122. Preventing arthritis and tendinitis is easier than you think (with patience) 🔈 » Oct 6, 23
  123. Weekend warriorism maybe not so bad 🔈 » Oct 2, 23
  124. ACT feels nicer than CBT » Sep 30, 23
  125. Today’s weird therapy I’ve never even heard of: eurythmy! » Sep 30, 23
  126. Fainting follow-up: vasovagal syncope versus the vagal manoeuvre (plus a vagus-hype glossary) 🔈 » Sep 29, 23
  127. Stretching to … build muscle? It works, but there’s a catch! 🔈 » Sep 22, 23
  128. Cannabis hype control » Sep 19, 23
  129. Follow-up: The details of that strength training protocol that didn’t work for knee pain 🔈 » Sep 14, 23
  130. More study not always needed » Sep 12, 23
  131. Can neck massage stimulate the vagus nerve? For better or worse? (Member Post) 🔈 » Sep 7, 23
  132. Joint lube still useless 🔈 » Sep 5, 23
  133. What do I REALLY think happened with that massage success story? 🔈 » Sep 1, 23
  134. Should you exercise when you’re still sore from the last workout? 🔈 » Aug 30, 23
  135. Bullet stuck in a hand for decades before being noticed » Aug 23, 23
  136. Strengthening for painful knees performs poorly in a new trial 🔈 » Aug 22, 23
  137. Infection aches versus normal chronic pain » Aug 17, 23
  138. If we’re genetically programmed to hurt, why bother trying to control anything? 🔈 » Aug 12, 23
  139. Extra, extra! Extra floating ribs are way more common than anyone knew (Member Post) 🔈 » Aug 9, 23
  140. Are we intuitive about our health? Hell no! On animals and the limits of self-care 🔈 » Aug 4, 23
  141. Sign me up for mild muscle pain? The statins dilemma 🔈 » Aug 1, 23
  142. Slow exhalations: are they a meditative breathing upgrade? 🔈 » Jul 20, 23
  143. Muscles and brains get healthier together 🔈 » Jul 18, 23
  144. New “positive” studies rarely change the bottom line (e.g. massage for exercise soreness) 🔈 » Jul 13, 23
  145. Does debunking back pain myths work? » Jul 9, 23
  146. Kooky misogynistic beliefs about gait and fibromyalgia 🔈 » Jul 7, 23
  147. Pulsating heads and expert skull feeling (Member Post) 🔈 » Jul 1, 23
  148. Some honesty about honest placebos 🔈 » Jun 28, 23
  149. The fountain of youth is probably not your kitchen faucet » Jun 24, 23
  150. Cheaper membership options! These are tiers of joy » Jun 24, 23
  151. Icing is still useful: a rebuttal to cryotherapy skepticism 🔈 » Jun 21, 23
  152. Does anxiety cause back pain? 🔈 » Jun 19, 23
  153. Exercising neurodynamically 🔈 » Jun 16, 23
  154. A neglected citation about patient dissatisfaction with Pain Explaining » Jun 12, 23
  155. The dark side of Explaining Pain? Gaslighting pain patients with PNE 🔈 » Jun 9, 23
  156. Triggers, causes, and our deep need to explain pain: some follow-up » Jun 7, 23
  157. Spinal curvature chaos » Jun 5, 23
  158. Massage therapy: occasionally slightly helpful » Jun 3, 23
  159. I prefer extension: Back pain self-help exercise based on “directional preference,” but only “centralizers” need apply (Member Post) 🔈 » May 31, 23
  160. Pain demands an explanation » May 27, 23
  161. Chiropractor harassed for being pro-vaccine » May 26, 23
  162. What do people think triggered their back pain? 🔈 » May 19, 23
  163. Sanctioned post-surgical torture » May 14, 23
  164. Some muscle strains turn out to be stress fractures » May 12, 23
  165. Major good news study for back pain (which validates my career) 🔈 » May 4, 23
  166. How I got a study about pain and anxiety all wrong (and got set straight) » Apr 28, 23
  167. Huberman Schmuberman: A rising tide of criticism of the bright new star of wellness podcasting (Member Post) 🔈 » Apr 26, 23
  168. Why is it always ME-slash-CFS? And where’s FM?! Myalgic encephalomyelitis vs chronic fatigue syndrome vs fibromyalgia 🔈 » Apr 22, 23
  169. That’s no knee injury » Apr 22, 23
  170. Micromuscle errata » Apr 19, 23
  171. So you’re saying meditation is over-hyped… » Apr 19, 23
  172. Promises, promises: the perpetually “promising” state of ozone therapy » Apr 18, 23
  173. 3 neat disc and herniation studies 🔈 » Apr 13, 23
  174. Placebo enthusiasm cannot be curbed 🔈 » Apr 7, 23
  175. What’s worse than not having a pain cure? » Apr 4, 23
  176. Why so much imaging? » Mar 30, 23
  177. IASTM: A fancy acronym to describe rubbing an object on people’s skin » Mar 23, 23
  178. Nitpicks galore! Four gripes about the exercise-versus-saline study (and four responses) 🔈 » Mar 22, 23
  179. Anti-inflammatory hyperventilation: I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow my pain away » Mar 17, 23
  180. Can the mind create pain? (Member Post) 🔈 » Mar 10, 23
  181. Not a good day for exercise-as-medicine » Mar 4, 23
  182. Elderly fitness and luck » Feb 24, 23
  183. Zapping period pain: TENS for primary dysmenorrhea » Feb 23, 23
  184. How our understanding of osteoarthritis is evolving » Feb 16, 23
  185. Kooky new pain treatment: smart ice implants » Feb 11, 23
  186. Green light therapy for humans and colour-blind rats (Member Post) 🔈 » Feb 8, 23
  187. Stretching Boosts Muscle Strength and Size! » Feb 3, 23
  188. Therapeutic Botox: Should we paralyze misbehaving muscle? 🔈 » Jan 31, 23
  189. Is pandiculation really about stretch? And other sexy updates 🔈 » Jan 28, 23
  190. Does BPS-ified pain treatment work? » Jan 19, 23
  191. Train like Gandalf » Jan 19, 23
  192. Is pandiculation powerful? » Jan 13, 23
  193. In memoriam: Dr. Harriet Hall always asked “who disagrees and why” » Jan 12, 23
  194. Diagnostic humility » Jan 6, 23
  195. Do you get any joint pain relief from your workouts? » Jan 4, 23
  196. Three happy exercise studies for pain patients » Dec 23, 22
  197. The legend of Boot Nail Guy reconsidered » Dec 20, 22
  198. BPS-ing badly! How the biopsychosocial model fails pain patients (Member Post) 🔈 » Dec 15, 22
  199. My back pain book is a sign-up bonus for Physio Network » Dec 12, 22
  200. Mindfulness backfire » Dec 10, 22
  201. Epsom salts, osmosis, and sucking » Dec 6, 22
  202. Yoga for back pain » Dec 2, 22
  203. Do you need to nose breathe more? 🔈 » Nov 30, 22
  204. Tendons are swell » Nov 16, 22
  205. 5 reasons running on pavement probably isn’t injurious » Nov 15, 22
  206. The scary scrubber teaches me about the motivational power of pain (Member Post) 🔈 » Nov 8, 22
  207. How PainSci readers saved my dad from dangerous hiccups » Nov 3, 22
  208. The humiliating micro injuries of aging (but not just aging) » Oct 25, 22
  209. Website upgrade: Dismiss 7649 footnotes more easily » Oct 19, 22
  210. Pain and prejudice » Oct 17, 22
  211. Hungry, hungry humans balance the energy budget by … cutting inflammation?! 🔈 » Oct 13, 22
  212. Bad stretching take from a good doctor » Oct 7, 22
  213. Pulling on nerves for fun and therapy 🔈 » Sep 26, 22
  214. Icing is not dead » Sep 21, 22
  215. Cognitive behavioural therapy for low back pain (Member Post) 🔈 » Sep 15, 22
  216. Charles, the Alternative King? » Sep 13, 22
  217. Cancer risks from gadget radiation are super low to nil 🔈 » Sep 12, 22
  218. Psychosomatic pain in the ER » Sep 9, 22
  219. Hypnotizing your gut » Sep 7, 22
  220. Blogging holiday is over: now what? » Sep 6, 22
  221. Better login UX » Aug 16, 22
  222. The PainSci newsletter is one year old (and I’m taking a break) » Aug 2, 22
  223. The hiccup hack: suckin’ and swallowin’ » Aug 1, 22
  224. Vagus nerve hype and hope (Member Post) 🔈 » Jul 27, 22
  225. Please! Stop saying trigger points “don’t exist” » Jul 23, 22
  226. Not everyone has heard of eeee-mail yet » Jul 22, 22
  227. Pick a joint, any joint! » Jul 21, 22
  228. Where there is stimulation, there is counterstimulation » Jul 20, 22
  229. Medical uncertainty » Jul 19, 22
  230. Dodging COVID at a wedding 🔈 » Jul 18, 22
  231. Stork test of doom » Jul 11, 22
  232. What works for pain (with many asterisks) » Jul 6, 22
  233. Probiotics for pain: eating “good bacteria” to reduce systemic inflammation (Member Post) 🔈 » Jul 1, 22
  234. Long COVID hurts » Jun 28, 22
  235. “Promising”: You keep using that word… » Jun 24, 22
  236. Mechanism masturbation: wishful thinking about why treatments work » Jun 23, 22
  237. The origin of the Legend of Placebo » Jun 22, 22
  238. How’s it hangin’? The pendulum exercise dangles the arm to ease shoulder pain » Jun 11, 22
  239. That Pain Reprocessing Therapy study is way too good to be true 🔈 » Jun 9, 22
  240. Ideal telehealth versus the sketchy reality » Jun 6, 22
  241. Human anatomy is not as advanced as we think » Jun 4, 22
  242. Itty bitty workouts prevent some workplace injuries 🔈 » Jun 1, 22
  243. Is running downhill healthier than running up? » May 27, 22
  244. Placebo paradoxes pacified (Member Post) 🔈 » May 25, 22
  245. We do not have the muscle balance science » May 24, 22
  246. Dozens of studies can still be wrong » May 23, 22
  247. Relaxation for abyssal horrors » May 23, 22
  248. Free frozen shoulder book » May 23, 22
  249. Every little bit counts! Unless it’s not ACTUALLY a little bit… 🔈 » May 19, 22
  250. Adenosine monophosphate deaminase 1 (AMPD1) deficiency » May 14, 22
  251. Why don’t all injuries hurt? Five theories 🔈 » May 13, 22
  252. Lift faster, function better » May 11, 22
  253. Imaging pros & cons: interview » May 10, 22
  254. The unflattering evidence on CBT for pain » May 2, 22
  255. Body of Evidence interview about leaving massage therapy behind » Apr 27, 22
  256. Improve knee pain slightly (without changing biomechanics) » Apr 22, 22
  257. Hype control for neuroinflammation » Apr 22, 22
  258. Can you forget pain? » Apr 20, 22
  259. What would Carl Sagan do? » Apr 19, 22
  260. 183 inconclusive compression gear studies » Apr 17, 22
  261. Placebo power hype Pro Max++ Edition » Apr 12, 22
  262. Tendon rupture not as obvious as you’d think » Apr 11, 22
  263. 6 reasons people believe the mind has power over pain » Apr 7, 22
  264. How much pain is caused by infection fallout? » Apr 6, 22
  265. Muscle cell nuclei move?! » Apr 2, 22
  266. Jedi pain tricks, listed and classified: the taxonomy of mind-over-pain treatment (Member Post) 🔈 » Apr 1, 22
  267. No one actually believes those myths? Oh, yes they do! » Mar 31, 22
  268. Adding assault to injury » Mar 28, 22
  269. Stretching is not a pillar of fitness » Mar 28, 22
  270. Whacking joints “in” and sensation-enhanced placebo 🔈 » Mar 26, 22
  271. Surgery for trigger points?! Cutting out the “scare” tissue 🔈 » Mar 23, 22
  272. Treatments are not safe because they “only” affect the vulnerable » Mar 21, 22
  273. PainSci update round-up: pulling on nerves and nostrils, ice cream headaches, and much more » Mar 18, 22
  274. Patient experts » Mar 16, 22
  275. Disastrously dismissing women’s symptoms » Mar 14, 22
  276. Sensation vs perception vs who cares » Mar 11, 22
  277. The matter/energy equivalence deepity » Mar 10, 22
  278. Back pain doesn’t follow the signs » Mar 8, 22
  279. The misuse of a classic back diagram » Mar 7, 22
  280. Microscopes versus telescopes » Mar 4, 22
  281. Yet another simple problem with a complex cause » Feb 28, 22
  282. Must not be good enough at my job » Feb 26, 22
  283. The hidden causes of injuries versus misleading “risk factors” (Member Post) » Feb 24, 22
  284. Trying to answer the question “what works for pain?” » Feb 17, 22
  285. Inject steroids, lose a hip » Feb 15, 22
  286. Adulterated evidence of supplement adulteration » Feb 12, 22
  287. Counterstimulation as an obscure seed of truth powering quackery » Feb 10, 22
  288. Treating anxiety physiologically » Feb 9, 22
  289. If it’s not obviously weak, it’s probably not a problem » Feb 8, 22
  290. Can you prevent strains by upgrading your “muscle balance”? (Member Post) » Feb 4, 22
  291. Do spasms hurt? » Feb 1, 22
  292. Professional arrogance exposed » Jan 31, 22
  293. Dead or pretending? » Jan 31, 22
  294. Ergonomics is commercialized posturology » Jan 29, 22
  295. Buford complex at 2 o’clock » Jan 28, 22
  296. Not just out of shape » Jan 28, 22
  297. A GIGO review of homeopathic Arnica » Jan 27, 22
  298. I woke up with it » Jan 26, 22
  299. Nostril yanking therapy » Jan 26, 22
  300. Correction: anticonvulsants can be helpful for some neuropathy (just not back pain) » Jan 25, 22
  301. Is acupuncture FDA approved? » Jan 21, 22
  302. “Big Suppla” is now evidence-based debunking » Jan 11, 22
  303. From one neat photo to a whole article about ozone therapy » Jan 8, 22
  304. What’s new on PainScience.com since September-ish? Lots! » Jan 6, 22
  305. PainSci membership program launch » Dec 18, 21
  306. STUDY: Treatment for pain versus disability » Dec 15, 21
  307. The Proteins of Pain: Part 3, Spice Therapy (Member Post) » Dec 13, 21
  308. Is blue light evil? Night lighting, gadget screens, and tenth-assed science » Dec 9, 21
  309. Topical diclofenac is now about as evidence-based as it can get » Dec 4, 21
  310. The Proteins of Pain: Part 2, Threatening Spice (Member Post) » Nov 30, 21
  311. Education versus experience » Nov 24, 21
  312. Demonization regrets » Nov 23, 21
  313. An updated red flag for a rare type of back pain » Nov 20, 21
  314. Is back pain a disease of civilization? A modern lifestyle disease? » Nov 16, 21
  315. The Overdiagnosis of Pain as a “False Alarm” (Member Post) » Nov 12, 21
  316. Neck needling? Study says: nope! » Nov 5, 21
  317. Can you define “nociception”? » Nov 5, 21
  318. Join a chronic pain treatment study » Nov 5, 21
  319. Facial numbness is a Very Serious Symptom » Nov 4, 21
  320. Robotic Mouse Massage: Is It “Regenerative” and “Anti-Inflammatory”? (Member Post) » Oct 27, 21
  321. Lactic acid does not cause soreness or fatigue » Oct 25, 21
  322. Big health benefits from far fewer than 10k steps per day » Oct 22, 21
  323. The Proteins That Help Us Feel the World: Part 1 » Oct 19, 21
  324. Painfully tongue-tied » Oct 13, 21
  325. History? What History? An Imaging Foul (Member Post) 🔈 » Oct 9, 21
  326. A more diplomatic massage interview » Oct 7, 21
  327. Good posture causes (some) neck pain [STUDY] » Oct 6, 21
  328. Body repair motions » Oct 1, 21
  329. “Muscle Strain” Rehab in the Twilight Zone (Member Post) » Sep 29, 21
  330. Acetaminophen possibly unsafe in pregnancy » Sep 27, 21
  331. Tinnitus, pain, and the Zen of Suffering » Sep 24, 21
  332. Can the Mind Freeze Shoulders? Five Studies (Member Post) » Sep 21, 21
  333. Can we think the pain away? » Sep 18, 21
  334. Vaginismus Awareness Day » Sep 15, 21
  335. PainSci Update Roundup (Sep 14, 2021) » Sep 14, 21
  336. Demon tries to inhabit my body » Sep 10, 21
  337. When is it safe and helpful to resume what you love? » Sep 10, 21
  338. STUDY: Exercise, Steroids, and Shoulder Pain That Might Be Tendinitis (Member Post) » Sep 8, 21
  339. Is fibromyalgia a “wastebasket” diagnosis? » Sep 3, 21
  340. Medicine is not the “third leading cause of death” in the US » Sep 1, 21
  341. Resilience as Victim-Blaming Bullshit » Aug 28, 21
  342. Can we stop now? Nope! » Aug 27, 21
  343. MRI use versus abuse » Aug 27, 21
  344. Back pain isn’t about being “unstable” » Aug 27, 21
  345. Many surgeries aren’t evidence-based [STUDY] » Aug 26, 21
  346. Bizarre Case of Mouth Pain, With an Explanation and a Solution (Member Post) » Aug 24, 21
  347. “Plantaris hypertonia” as a cause of runner’s knee: a good example of a bad idea » Aug 20, 21
  348. Futuristic brain implant kills rat pain [STUDY] » Aug 17, 21
  349. Mysterious butt pain and making syndromes from symptoms » Aug 12, 21
  350. Victory over vicious eyelid twitching » Aug 10, 21
  351. Spock’s neck and shoulder massage » Aug 10, 21
  352. Euphoric tingle therapy: optimizing therapy for autonomous sensory meridian response » Aug 6, 21
  353. PainSci Update Roundup (Aug 2, 2021) » Aug 2, 21
  354. Let’s stop saying eccentric exercise is the “gold standard” for Achilles tendinitis » Aug 2, 21
  355. STUDY: Miserable mice! Fibromyalgia transplanted to mice…in blood? » Jul 31, 21
  356. If brains could talk: remembering how pain happens » Jul 28, 21
  357. The Demonization of Manual Therapy » Jul 26, 21
  358. Amusing back pain patients with “evidence-based” garbage » Jul 23, 21
  359. STUDY: Real laser therapy no better than a red LED for back pain 🔈 » Jul 21, 21
  360. Fascia and COVID embarrassingly blended » Jul 19, 21
  361. Humbling kidney stones » Jul 17, 21
  362. The trouble with “it worked for me” and “athletes use it” » Jul 15, 21
  363. A good example of claudication » Jul 6, 21
  364. Clinically subtle fracture from overload » Jul 5, 21
  365. How can an “expert” fail to solve chronic pain? » Jul 5, 21
  366. PainSci Update Roundup (July 5, 2021) » Jul 5, 21
  367. STUDY: Does a “dysfunctional” tensor fascia latae cause injuries? » Jun 26, 21
  368. What works versus what fits » Jun 25, 21
  369. Stegenga on Medical Nihilism » Jun 25, 21
  370. Brush your teeth to take better care of your… joints? » Jun 16, 21
  371. Quackery’s scientific double standard » Jun 13, 21
  372. A laser limerick: “Lasers in physical therapy are silly” » Jun 11, 21
  373. “All in your head” isn’t in my vocabulary » Jun 11, 21
  374. Fear and pessimism predict poor knee surgery outcomes » Jun 11, 21
  375. Three recent blog highlights + some newsletter notes » Jun 11, 21
  376. A not-so-surprising lack of evidence » Jun 8, 21
  377. The disaster of scientific publishing » Jun 8, 21
  378. Now I will hurt and not work right » Jun 6, 21
  379. Treating menstrual cramps with pain-killers » Jun 5, 21
  380. People know surprisingly little about common pain-killers » Jun 4, 21
  381. A running joke » Jun 1, 21
  382. Good book deal » Jun 1, 21
  383. Supplements article rebooted » May 31, 21
  384. Smells fishy to me » May 30, 21
  385. “How are you?” » May 30, 21
  386. Knee replacements are not evidence-based » May 30, 21
  387. Pain drama » May 30, 21
  388. Long something! » May 25, 21
  389. The dark side of quantifying our health » May 25, 21
  390. “Promising” research never is » May 25, 21
  391. Taping fails another test » May 24, 21
  392. “I had no idea” » May 24, 21
  393. Let dogs be dogs: those canine COVID sniffing stories » May 24, 21
  394. That nice, weird tingly head feeling » May 24, 21
  395. Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome: a remote hypothetical threat, or all-too-real and personal? » May 15, 21
  396. 6 tales of blood clots dangerously dislodged by massage » May 10, 21
  397. 20 years of writing about stretching » May 5, 21
  398. COVID wrecks people » May 4, 21
  399. An inflammatory interview » Apr 29, 21
  400. Motor skills training for back pain is mediocre at best » Apr 21, 21
  401. The great-power gambit » Apr 14, 21
  402. Chronic pain has a purpose: hypervigilance against predation (at least) » Apr 14, 21
  403. New cash register » Apr 10, 21
  404. The remove-or-improve project: 2 major article upgrades so far » Mar 27, 21
  405. New PainSci article about vaginismus » Mar 8, 21
  406. Defensive medicine and MRI for back pain » Mar 6, 21
  407. The taping of Methai the elephant » Mar 6, 21
  408. The speed of lies and truth, mistakes and retractions » Feb 26, 21
  409. Can COVID be a pain-killer? » Feb 22, 21
  410. Massage for the win: a happy (but weird) personal anecdote » Feb 8, 21
  411. More chiro COVID quackery » Feb 5, 21
  412. Speed protein » Feb 4, 21
  413. An indirect yoga hazard: you might join a cult » Feb 3, 21
  414. Optimism by denial » Feb 2, 21
  415. Nerves are not wires » Feb 1, 21
  416. “Revolutionary” insomnia advice » Jan 29, 21
  417. Bad-sanitizer story worsens » Jan 28, 21
  418. Antidepressants not great for back pain, arthritis » Jan 22, 21
  419. Still more steroid risks » Jan 22, 21
  420. I woke up with it » Jan 22, 21
  421. Back pain is rarely as dangerous as it feels, except when it is » Jan 19, 21
  422. Weak collagen science » Jan 19, 21
  423. A dumbed-down explanation of ibuprofen » Jan 12, 21
  424. Allergic reactions to vaccination are struck-by-lightning rare » Jan 12, 21
  425. Knee noise and arthritis » Jan 12, 21
  426. Bath salts from Jupiter » Jan 12, 21
  427. Fibromyalgia is one of the hardest problems in all of medicine » Jan 5, 21
  428. If you don’t break the table… » Jan 5, 21
  429. Plastic pipes heated by fires are polluting drinking water » Jan 5, 21
  430. Hey Siri, scan me! » Dec 23, 20
  431. Pain as a symptom of complex trauma » Dec 17, 20
  432. NICE finally moves to stop recommending exercise for chronic “fatigue” » Dec 17, 20
  433. Seizures and giddiness, together at last » Dec 17, 20
  434. Science versus anecdotes » Dec 17, 20
  435. Bookmarking glitch fixed » Dec 12, 20
  436. Better late than never » Nov 24, 20
  437. Spinal flexion demonization » Nov 24, 20
  438. An ego so big it could get me killed » Nov 24, 20
  439. Tumour all in your head » Nov 24, 20
  440. Strength training fails a test maybe » Nov 11, 20
  441. Sports massage is not hot sauce » Nov 11, 20
  442. On the importance of taking criticism well » Nov 7, 20
  443. Secondary gain is bollocks » Nov 6, 20
  444. Pets don’t want snake oil » Oct 23, 20
  445. Teh warr on typohs » Oct 17, 20
  446. Hydrocephalus and craniosacral therapy » Oct 17, 20
  447. Two kinds of pain: sexual and non-sexual? » Oct 13, 20
  448. The “dull and rusty” science of pain » Oct 5, 20
  449. “Social” versus “physical” distance » Oct 5, 20
  450. Google strikes again! » Sep 30, 20
  451. The significance of painful “niggles” during exercise » Sep 24, 20
  452. Article reborn: Pain professionals reviewed » Sep 10, 20
  453. Lack of “originality” is a feature here, not a bug » Sep 10, 20
  454. Your shoulder may hurt because you’re unfit » Sep 9, 20
  455. Hacking the signs » Sep 4, 20
  456. Not actually Eastern/ancient » Sep 4, 20
  457. Pushing and shoving blood, and cerebrospinal fluid circulation » Aug 20, 20
  458. Women’s health and chronic pain » Aug 20, 20
  459. Hard palates, rolled shoulders, and exotic structuralism » Aug 20, 20
  460. 119 causes of thunderclap headache » Aug 15, 20
  461. Chronic pain mainly on or near joints » Aug 3, 20
  462. How tongues stick out » Aug 3, 20
  463. Few humans ever get to experience anything like this » Jul 23, 20
  464. Fast, cheap COVID testing » Jul 23, 20
  465. More evidence muscle “remembers” » Jul 17, 20
  466. Two reasons further research is perpetually needed » Jul 14, 20
  467. Examine Personalized: Monthly nutrition research summaries » Jul 8, 20
  468. Schnell, schnell! Speed boosts for PainScience.com » Jul 3, 20
  469. A pill that trashes tendons » Jun 23, 20
  470. Skepticism about skeptics from a skeptic » Jun 18, 20
  471. Study finds jack shit (which is to be expected) » May 6, 20
  472. Stretching chat with podiatrists » May 1, 20
  473. “Massage parlour” ecommerce hijinks » May 1, 20
  474. Maximally ungracious: straining to violate principle of charity » Apr 26, 20
  475. Content quality on the internet » Apr 10, 20
  476. Resist infection with moderate exercise (but know when to quit) » Apr 7, 20
  477. Stim treatments: if they can’t hurt, they probably can’t help either » Apr 2, 20
  478. Magical healing at the movies » Mar 29, 20
  479. Honour is not dead » Mar 24, 20
  480. Antiviral Kinesio Tape (and hot yoga) » Mar 20, 20
  481. Running a website is expensive » Mar 20, 20
  482. This post is not about COVID-19 » Mar 19, 20
  483. How is PainScience.com like Chernobyl? » Mar 11, 20
  484. Is exercise good for anxiety? We still don’t quite know » Mar 11, 20
  485. “Consider the information” and qualifications versus credentials » Mar 6, 20
  486. Fascinating! The words “fascia” and “fascism” both come from the same symbol » Feb 29, 20
  487. The Body of Evidence Interview: Massage myths » Feb 28, 20
  488. Are clinicians becoming paralyzed by Pain Science? » Feb 20, 20
  489. Yet another sneaky pathological pain culprit » Feb 16, 20
  490. Reassurance for massage therapists » Feb 15, 20
  491. Is intermittent fasting anti-inflammatory? » Feb 11, 20
  492. Does sitting cause back pain? Following the evidence back to a previously abandoned position » Feb 4, 20
  493. Are the chemical ingredients of a human really worth only a couple bucks? » Jan 28, 20
  494. Getting stronger is corrective » Jan 22, 20
  495. The year of “finally”! PainScience.com highlights from 2019 » Jan 19, 20
  496. One kind of muscle memory » Jan 15, 20
  497. Where’s the criticism? » Jan 11, 20
  498. I love to tell you I told you so: the U-Dream debacle in my household » Jan 6, 20
  499. You’re not paranoid if they’re really after you » Dec 24, 19
  500. Back pain: coping versus treating » Dec 18, 19
  501. New headache book makes it an even ten » Dec 9, 19
  502. The power of the NYT, the meaning of “pain is an opinion,” and much ado about nothing » Dec 9, 19
  503. Quoted in the NYT on the topic of “pain and the mind” » Dec 2, 19
  504. Muscle relaxants are odd » Nov 26, 19
  505. Why do joints feel stiff after getting up? » Nov 26, 19
  506. A nose for pot » Nov 16, 19
  507. The facile humility of “facilitating” healing » Nov 16, 19
  508. What if chronic pain is a feature, not a bug? » Nov 12, 19
  509. The myth of the extremely effective therapist » Nov 9, 19
  510. Neurosis supplier » Nov 9, 19
  511. The Strength Athlete interview » Nov 6, 19
  512. True muscle memory » Nov 6, 19
  513. Run only a little, live more » Nov 6, 19
  514. Fish as medicine » Oct 31, 19
  515. It’s good for touch » Oct 31, 19
  516. Delayed honesty » Oct 31, 19
  517. “Try yoga” » Oct 25, 19
  518. Antibiotics for back pain: still no » Oct 25, 19
  519. Massage may be lovely, but it’s not “medicine” » Oct 25, 19
  520. Lessons from the 2019 Nobel prize for medicine » Oct 14, 19
  521. Lifting awkwardly as a risk factor for back pain » Oct 8, 19
  522. Red wine: not just a migraine trigger » Oct 8, 19
  523. Are “extremist” patients attacking chronic fatigue syndrome science? » Oct 2, 19
  524. What (work) I did on summer vacation » Oct 2, 19
  525. A new book about frozen shoulder » Aug 10, 19
  526. Summer 2019 blog pause » Jul 14, 19
  527. A genetic defect that exaggerates all sensations (including pain) » Jul 8, 19
  528. Hundreds of old bibliography links fixed » Jun 26, 19
  529. Two pet theories about inflammation » Jun 22, 19
  530. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome » Jun 19, 19
  531. What the hell is a “tension” headache? » Jun 18, 19
  532. Just the right amount of hyperbole » Jun 11, 19
  533. Strengthening-while-lengthening is a “proven” rehab method for muscle strain » Jun 5, 19
  534. Reality versus best practices in musculoskeletal medicine » Jun 4, 19
  535. Injection infection? Another surprising way to freeze a shoulder » May 27, 19
  536. That word “placebo” » May 24, 19
  537. Apostasy fallout » May 24, 19
  538. The metabolic roots of pain » May 20, 19
  539. A kooky “scientific” study of massage » May 20, 19
  540. Another new “finally” article » May 16, 19
  541. New article about massage and circulation » May 9, 19
  542. Tech and health care » Apr 25, 19
  543. And another speed boost for PainScience.com » Apr 25, 19
  544. Classic examples of failed “common sense” in medicine » Apr 25, 19
  545. I take requests » Apr 23, 19
  546. “Primary” versus “functional” pain » Apr 18, 19
  547. Faster, better, stronger: redesigning for mobile » Apr 15, 19
  548. From scratching an itch to picking a scab » Apr 1, 19
  549. Tough love for amplified pain » Mar 29, 19
  550. Don’t “push” for a diagnosis » Mar 26, 19
  551. Another off-key attack on “pain science” » Mar 23, 19
  552. What do pimples have in common with frozen shoulders? » Mar 20, 19
  553. How do you slow down the progression of arthritis? » Mar 19, 19
  554. Be careful what you wish for! The overzealously holistic physician » Mar 15, 19
  555. Stark statistical errors in much massage research » Mar 10, 19
  556. Tetanus rides again » Mar 9, 19
  557. A devastating critique of modern medicine » Mar 9, 19
  558. The Holy Shit Moment » Mar 5, 19
  559. Plantar fasciitis excerpt: Baxter’s neuritis » Mar 4, 19
  560. Painful word of the day: palliative » Mar 2, 19
  561. I’ve tried “everything” » Feb 28, 19
  562. Massage research as marketing » Feb 26, 19
  563. Why is neck pain so common? Spatial summation of cryptic insults » Feb 26, 19
  564. Run to the Top » Feb 23, 19
  565. Narcolepsy isn’t just about attacks of sleepiness » Feb 23, 19
  566. High expectations » Feb 23, 19
  567. Bulk books for sale! » Feb 23, 19
  568. New article about knee replacement » Feb 20, 19
  569. Critical evaluation of a critical evaluation » Feb 19, 19
  570. Formality and credibility » Feb 18, 19
  571. Good to Go » Feb 14, 19
  572. Why I quit my massage therapy career » Feb 1, 19
  573. Why exercise is good for stress » Jan 27, 19
  574. A new donation paradigm for PainScience.com » Jan 26, 19
  575. Neurological growing pains: the nature of exercise soreness » Jan 23, 19
  576. More than a decade of debunking Epsom salts » Jan 21, 19
  577. Molecular biology is “fast and crowded” » Jan 18, 19
  578. Too big to fail: the power of big webpages » Jan 15, 19
  579. Anti-inflammatories and tendons » Jan 15, 19
  580. Sick of lame citing » Jan 12, 19
  581. More mail than Stephen King? » Jan 12, 19
  582. Would you like shards of glass with that? » Jan 9, 19
  583. What happened editorially on PainScience.com in 2018 » Jan 2, 19
  584. Business highlights and lowlights of PainScience.com in 2018 » Jan 2, 19
  585. The most dangerous company in the world » Jan 1, 19
  586. Statistics explained with poetry » Dec 17, 18
  587. Not a doctor » Dec 14, 18
  588. Strong evidence for PRP for osteoarthritis? Er, no… » Dec 14, 18
  589. Life is a reification fallacy » Dec 13, 18
  590. Shrunk not stuck: the naming of frozen shoulder » Dec 12, 18
  591. Fantastic feedback » Dec 12, 18
  592. Typos on a huge scale » Dec 10, 18
  593. The impact of “minor” but constant pain » Dec 10, 18
  594. Biological vulnerabilities: the underestimated x-factors in chronic pain » Nov 27, 18
  595. Cherry-picking, nit-picking, and bad science dressed as good science » Nov 15, 18
  596. Is stress inflammatory? » Nov 8, 18
  597. Stretching as a sign of maturity? » Oct 29, 18
  598. Don’t count inflammation out of tendinopathy quite yet » Oct 26, 18
  599. Three assumptions about “spasm” » Oct 24, 18
  600. In it for the long haul » Oct 23, 18
  601. Good riddance to some bad science…and RIP Robert Courtney » Oct 23, 18
  602. Study finds jack shit » Oct 19, 18
  603. Placebo brain study has major issues » Oct 15, 18
  604. New article! Deep cervical flexor training » Oct 11, 18
  605. Epsom salts baths for hangovers » Oct 10, 18
  606. A neurological healing process (for back pain) » Oct 9, 18
  607. Prolotherapy snark » Oct 9, 18
  608. What toxins actually are » Oct 4, 18
  609. Inspiring lifter of heavy things » Oct 2, 18
  610. Topical anti-inflammatories are effective, safe » Oct 2, 18
  611. Smoking linked to shoulder injuries » Oct 1, 18
  612. A skeptic cautiously tries some bizarre-sounding health advice » Oct 1, 18
  613. Doctors are not scientists » Sep 24, 18
  614. England’s surgery purge » Sep 19, 18
  615. A low back problem or a pain problem? » Sep 19, 18
  616. Massage for back pain: an interesting scientific flip-flop » Sep 19, 18
  617. Mostly goodbye, Twitter! » Sep 18, 18
  618. Misdiagnosed for 35 years » Sep 13, 18
  619. Neuropsychological humility » Sep 10, 18
  620. Pain with surprising causes, or literally no specific cause at all » Sep 10, 18
  621. “Why would he mislead people like that?” » Sep 4, 18
  622. Science cranks » Sep 4, 18
  623. Mechanisms of inaction » Aug 30, 18
  624. Key concepts about placebo I wish every reader understood » Aug 27, 18
  625. The double-edge sword of patient empowerment » Aug 25, 18
  626. A radical shift away from the biomedical bubble » Aug 17, 18
  627. Taking out the trash: purging predatory journals from my bibliography » Aug 15, 18
  628. Zero-G and spines » Aug 13, 18
  629. Big neck pain book edit » Aug 10, 18
  630. One final lumpy update » Aug 10, 18
  631. Your money, your life: how Google ranks webpages that matter » Aug 8, 18
  632. First drug for chronic migraine prevention » Aug 8, 18
  633. “The heel strikes back” » Aug 3, 18
  634. Trippy knee illusions relieve arthritis pain » Jul 31, 18
  635. Snake oil is not just an old-timey thing » Jul 31, 18
  636. A kinder, gentler Unstretchables » Jul 30, 18
  637. Poor posture versus postural stress » Jul 26, 18
  638. Manual therapy gets them coming back for more » Jul 20, 18
  639. Massage probably won’t make you faster » Jul 18, 18
  640. No pressure! Compartment syndrome may not be what it seems » Jul 17, 18
  641. Stepping on Lego » Jul 15, 18
  642. But have you tried ____? » Jul 10, 18
  643. Exercise increases disc height » Jul 10, 18
  644. The double-edge sword of bracing and support during rehab » Jul 10, 18
  645. Scientific paper authors are allowed and “delighted” to send full-text » Jul 7, 18
  646. Ultrasound citation backfire » Jun 29, 18
  647. Better than what? » Jun 29, 18
  648. Do not touch » Jun 28, 18
  649. Why do people crack their own neck joints? » Jun 27, 18
  650. Reinvigorating mystery » Jun 25, 18
  651. Competition-based medicine » Jun 22, 18
  652. Scalenes: the psoas of the neck? » Jun 20, 18
  653. Take it slow with tendons » Jun 20, 18
  654. Regrowing worn out parts » Jun 18, 18
  655. The predatory journal crisis » Jun 18, 18
  656. Pain management versus coping » Jun 15, 18
  657. I don’t care who “swears by” what » Jun 15, 18
  658. The last trace of SaveYourself.ca? » Jun 15, 18
  659. An excellent activity reminder method » Jun 11, 18
  660. The epidemic of bogus health claims online » Jun 11, 18
  661. Raising awareness of risks is not fearmongering » Jun 6, 18
  662. Hazard versus risk in neck manipulation » Jun 4, 18
  663. “Right-to-try” is the opposite of science-based medicine » May 29, 18
  664. Too many tests, and quality versus quantity of life » May 25, 18
  665. Feeling your uterus in your leg » May 25, 18
  666. Pushing back against that massage-for-exercise-soreness paper » May 24, 18
  667. Immortality not included » May 24, 18
  668. Many nuggets of wisdom about back pain » May 21, 18
  669. Can strength training prevent overuse injuries? » May 21, 18
  670. Prescribing opioids is a huge bummer » May 21, 18
  671. Extreme chilli blows man’s head off » May 17, 18
  672. New store » May 17, 18
  673. Strength training “essential for patients with diabetes” » May 14, 18
  674. Not even wrong claims, and why pain “cures” are impossible in principle » May 11, 18
  675. Stop the scaremongering about sitting » May 10, 18
  676. Laser therapy “biology” » May 9, 18
  677. Pain cups and energy spoons » May 4, 18
  678. Motion MRI of singing » May 4, 18
  679. Raise a little heel » May 4, 18
  680. Scaring and irritating pain patients is bad » May 1, 18
  681. Text neck over the long term » Apr 30, 18
  682. Is pain educational? » Apr 30, 18
  683. Awkward conversation » Apr 30, 18
  684. On the bleeding edge » Apr 24, 18
  685. No, stress is not your friend » Apr 24, 18
  686. Changing health beliefs is like … » Apr 20, 18
  687. Why so many things help chronic pain a little bit » Apr 20, 18
  688. Should I have surgery? » Apr 20, 18
  689. “Adrenal fatigue” is not a thing » Apr 18, 18
  690. About that damn paywall » Apr 18, 18
  691. Dr. Travell “dry needled” with a harpoon » Apr 18, 18
  692. Feed URL correction, arg » Apr 15, 18
  693. Out with the old (RSS feed) » Apr 14, 18
  694. Swapping back pain scapegoats » Apr 11, 18
  695. Newly discovered organ not actually an organ, or even a discovery » Apr 10, 18
  696. Death & Rebirth as a Massage Therapist » Apr 3, 18
  697. Medically accurate muscle chart » Apr 3, 18
  698. Good marks for speed » Apr 3, 18
  699. Two quick science thoughts » Mar 29, 18
  700. Pain demands an explanation (even if it’s kooky) » Mar 28, 18
  701. Hip surgery loses a bet » Mar 28, 18
  702. Why people seek out alternative medicine » Mar 28, 18
  703. Good news, gentleman! » Mar 26, 18
  704. Quantum bullshit » Mar 26, 18
  705. Futile acupuncture debate » Mar 23, 18
  706. Never trust anyone who thinks they can fix you » Mar 22, 18
  707. Touchless massage » Mar 20, 18
  708. Fancy garbage » Mar 20, 18
  709. Biology: not amazing at everything » Mar 20, 18
  710. Expecting pain » Mar 19, 18
  711. The sound inside your knees » Mar 19, 18
  712. Not so “powerful” pain killers » Mar 19, 18
  713. Wasting time and money » Mar 16, 18
  714. Negativity by the numbers » Mar 16, 18
  715. Not everyone likes massage » Mar 16, 18
  716. Spinal “disease” in elite athletes » Mar 14, 18
  717. Regressing to Hell » Mar 12, 18
  718. Grace during suffering » Mar 12, 18
  719. More cupping study not actually needed » Mar 10, 18
  720. Classy facepalm » Mar 10, 18
  721. The myth of the back pain whisperer » Mar 10, 18
  722. Coolest tendon study that has ever been or ever will be » Mar 9, 18
  723. So was it a super virus or not? » Mar 9, 18
  724. Crisis within a crisis » Mar 9, 18
  725. Where’s the rest of the pepperoni? » Mar 8, 18
  726. Three common dubious ideas about spasm » Mar 8, 18
  727. Flat back = pain? » Mar 8, 18
  728. Fluoroquinolone toxicity warning » Mar 8, 18
  729. Reviving the RSS feed » Mar 8, 18
  730. Blog hibernation post script » Oct 27, 17
  731. Blog hibernation » Oct 18, 17
  732. Alex Hutchinson’s “7 pillars of running wisdom” » Oct 3, 17
  733. “Fascial release” is not emotional » Sep 19, 17
  734. Accessibility upgrade » Sep 18, 17
  735. New review a bit less bullish on cannabis » Sep 16, 17
  736. Is statin myalgia actually a thing? » Sep 15, 17
  737. Report on swimming benefits » Sep 14, 17
  738. Fresh evidence that sitting is not “the new smoking” » Sep 13, 17
  739. Pain is immune to logic » Sep 7, 17
  740. Patient advocacy is naturally at odds with professional tribalism and boosterism » Aug 29, 17
  741. Two good, clashing studies of the link between back pain and obesity » Aug 3, 17
  742. Supplements are not safe » Jul 26, 17
  743. Shooting the messenger’s website » Jul 25, 17
  744. Cervical myodural bridges: an obscure cause of neck pain? » Jul 21, 17
  745. Understand chronic pain before operating » Jul 6, 17
  746. Frozen shoulder bombshell: it ain’t self-limiting » Jun 29, 17
  747. Shoddy back pain information from Consumer Reports » Jun 28, 17
  748. Don’t get caught in the corrective exercise trap » Jun 14, 17
  749. Dubious study » Jun 7, 17
  750. Paleo sleeping (critical analysis for a laugh) » May 24, 17
  751. Fibromyalgia guide updates » May 19, 17
  752. Lifting technique article upgrade » May 18, 17
  753. New free book: Recovery Strategies » May 15, 17
  754. The sneaky pain of arterial tears » Apr 28, 17
  755. It’s the inflammation, stupid » Apr 26, 17
  756. Does ice impede healing? » Apr 21, 17
  757. New article about unwanted muscle contractions » Mar 22, 17
  758. Evidence and practice at odds » Mar 9, 17
  759. Accidental voice mail records visitor struggling with my website » Mar 6, 17
  760. A fibromyalgia success story » Mar 6, 17
  761. Being female and other ways to get neck pain » Feb 24, 17
  762. Two different takes on the same massage evidence » Feb 22, 17
  763. The mind and inflammation » Feb 15, 17
  764. Surrounded by assholes » Feb 7, 17
  765. Spectacularly unreliable MRI “results” » Feb 1, 17
  766. Wrong again, sort of, this time about vastus medialis isolation » Jan 20, 17
  767. 1000 Updates » Jan 13, 17
  768. Weed works for pain—major new report » Jan 13, 17
  769. The simplification trap » Jan 12, 17
  770. New Coyne of the Realm » Jan 10, 17
  771. Citation impossible for “sitting a lot causes back pain” » Jan 6, 17
  772. The 2016 Lars List: Best Content for Health Professionals » Jan 2, 17
  773. How does massage work? » Dec 31, 16
  774. Citation badly needed for “running on pavement is risky” » Dec 22, 16
  775. An anecdote about the trouble with anecdotes » Dec 21, 16
  776. What’s your problem? New category indexes » Dec 19, 16
  777. “Movement quality” still does not clearly predict injury » Dec 6, 16
  778. The massage pressure question (topic summary example) » Dec 1, 16
  779. Does vitamin D treat pain? Unknown! Maybe? » Nov 30, 16
  780. Chiro for migraine fails » Nov 28, 16
  781. Nervous-wreck monkeys are inflamed » Nov 28, 16
  782. We’re not just missing some pieces from a puzzle » Nov 25, 16
  783. Therapeutic ultrasound science is still lame » Nov 25, 16
  784. Why is exercise healthy? » Nov 24, 16
  785. Lots of updates about vitamin D, stretching, structuralism and more » Nov 21, 16
  786. Do not offer » Nov 14, 16
  787. How much evidence is enough? » Nov 9, 16
  788. Delayed onset muscle soreness — topic summary example » Nov 7, 16
  789. An article in Men’s Health by “Paul Ingraham” » Nov 4, 16
  790. Hotshot in the dark » Nov 1, 16
  791. Osmosis sucks water, not toxins » Oct 25, 16
  792. Summaries on the go » Oct 24, 16
  793. The revenge of the son of the myth of “placebos without deception” » Oct 18, 16
  794. The journal Manual Therapy will change its name » Oct 14, 16
  795. Mind your words » Oct 12, 16
  796. The one about “your article” » Oct 11, 16
  797. The mole rat’s superpower » Oct 11, 16
  798. Shortness of breath, now with more anxiety » Oct 11, 16
  799. Emoji debut » Oct 8, 16
  800. Phantom acupuncture! » Oct 7, 16
  801. The wilderness of the medically unexplained » Oct 7, 16
  802. Mysterious vanishing frozen shoulder » Oct 6, 16
  803. What’s new? A new “What’s New?” page, that’s what » Oct 6, 16
  804. A tale of two papers about structure and back pain » Oct 3, 16
  805. New article about pain types » Sep 7, 16
  806. Myths and Misconceptions about Explaining Pain » Sep 6, 16
  807. A shitty, freaky feeling » Sep 1, 16
  808. An avalanche of useless fibromyalgia research » Aug 31, 16
  809. Source of sources: how I find the good science » Aug 23, 16
  810. So many updates! Bloggin’ and loggin’ about new content » Aug 15, 16
  811. Axioms of Function » Aug 11, 16
  812. Vagus nerve stimulation as an anti-inflammatory » Aug 5, 16
  813. The ultimate paradox of pain and therapy » Aug 5, 16
  814. Posture and morality » Jul 25, 16
  815. We cannot trust our eyes (or our pain) » Jul 20, 16
  816. Correlation-causation clarifications » Jul 12, 16
  817. Actually, correlation kinda does imply causation » Jul 8, 16
  818. Pain and movement recalibration » Jul 6, 16
  819. Spider bite hurts in a whole new-to-science way » Jul 1, 16
  820. “And yet it moves”: new article about the IT band » Jun 30, 16
  821. EBM hijacked » Jun 29, 16
  822. The opioid crisis » Jun 20, 16
  823. MRI for back pain pros n cons comic » Jun 17, 16
  824. Good quality summaries of most important scientific papers about trigger points » Jun 16, 16
  825. An unusual new article about pain » Jun 16, 16
  826. Chiropractic detox » Jun 15, 16
  827. Major new content about the trigger point controversy, and my official (fence) position » Jun 8, 16
  828. Imagine if your soft tissues started to harden » Jun 8, 16
  829. Thoracic ring theory is “the epitome of fragilistic thinking” » May 27, 16
  830. “Deep” new article » May 13, 16
  831. New muscle microscope » May 11, 16
  832. It’s about prioritizing the treatment options (not demonizing them) » May 10, 16
  833. New study shows bullshit » May 10, 16
  834. Sketchy sleep increases pain sensitivity » May 9, 16
  835. How do disc herniations change over time? » Apr 28, 16
  836. Lumbar disk herniation has an uncertain natural history » Apr 21, 16
  837. TENS has a complicated, awesome cousin: pulsed electromagnetic field therapy » Apr 19, 16
  838. The emotional roller coaster of elusive cures » Apr 19, 16
  839. A status update on the writing of new books » Apr 18, 16
  840. Equally ineffective » Apr 12, 16
  841. Studying massage effects with aura photography » Apr 8, 16
  842. Biology knows best? Not so much » Apr 6, 16
  843. New feature article about electrotherapy » Apr 4, 16
  844. Infinite maintenance case study » Mar 18, 16
  845. Why clinical trial transparency matters to patients in the US » Mar 18, 16
  846. Pills or stuff or something for my headaches and stuff » Mar 15, 16
  847. 7 yoga myths » Mar 15, 16
  848. Is it okay to pay for a placebo? » Mar 14, 16
  849. Keep me posted » Mar 9, 16
  850. How deep does the heat of a heating pad go? » Mar 3, 16
  851. Practical ways to turn down pain sensitisation » Mar 2, 16
  852. The junky science justifying a hydration habit » Feb 29, 16
  853. There there, dear: dismissing female pain » Feb 23, 16
  854. The volcano god of pain » Feb 19, 16
  855. Our bacterial passengers don’t outnumber us after all » Feb 17, 16
  856. Telescopes, not brain scanners: some musings on the relationship between pain and tissue damage » Feb 16, 16
  857. Dry needling efficacy disagreement » Feb 16, 16
  858. Go with love » Feb 15, 16
  859. Finally doing 7-minute workout in 8 minutes » Feb 12, 16
  860. What does pain science have in common with other sensory science? » Feb 12, 16
  861. Reviving an old article about lifting and back pain » Feb 11, 16
  862. Explaining who disagrees with who and why » Feb 10, 16
  863. Dear Google » Feb 5, 16
  864. Too many updates to log » Feb 2, 16
  865. Joints popping … like flashbulbs? » Jan 28, 16
  866. Pain treatment troubleshooting formula » Jan 27, 16
  867. Slow-motion pandiculation » Jan 25, 16
  868. An interesting back pain treatment success » Jan 22, 16
  869. The Experiment Experiment » Jan 20, 16
  870. Intermittent spinal cord compression and fibromyalgia » Jan 18, 16
  871. Taping science update » Jan 16, 16
  872. How powerful is the placebo effect? » Jan 12, 16
  873. The worst possible causes of back pain (is a very popular topic) » Jan 11, 16
  874. Most painful tweet of 2015 » Jan 9, 16
  875. The Onion on running » Jan 6, 16
  876. The thought I’d like to leave you with » Dec 19, 15
  877. The pain-free future » Dec 14, 15
  878. The “Father of Fascia” is so over it » Nov 30, 15
  879. The limits of pain vocabulary » Nov 11, 15
  880. Like ripping duct tape off your skin » Nov 6, 15
  881. All about the science » Oct 23, 15
  882. Sitting is NOT the new smoking » Oct 20, 15
  883. Pain and suffering in sports » Oct 9, 15
  884. Where do stings hurt worst? » Sep 23, 15
  885. Rehab is all about getting the load juuust right » Sep 23, 15
  886. Mitochondrial power grids in muscle » Sep 19, 15
  887. EBM-First.com » Sep 14, 15
  888. Inevitably incorrect » Sep 12, 15
  889. More bacterial smoke than expected in low back pain (but still no fire) » Sep 8, 15
  890. This is why I work hard » Sep 1, 15
  891. Deep thought of the day: anecdotes really suck » Aug 26, 15
  892. Better citations needed: a big upgrade to the PainSci bibliography » Aug 20, 15
  893. I have faith in sports massage … for some reason » Aug 14, 15
  894. An exasperating contradiction in modern chronic pain management » Jul 17, 15
  895. Pain-causing pain-killers » Jul 7, 15
  896. Protein timing doesn’t matter » Jul 4, 15
  897. Placebo-without-deception is deceptive » Jun 30, 15
  898. Exercise works, except when it’s ineffective » Jun 24, 15
  899. Noisy knee satire » Jun 19, 15
  900. Keep it up! Neck pain reduced by long-term strengthening » Jun 18, 15
  901. You can’t rush it, but healing speeds up on its own » Jun 2, 15
  902. OTC pain-killers in under 140 words or bust! » May 30, 15
  903. Stress, biology, and pain » May 27, 15
  904. Better citation needed » May 26, 15
  905. Are aura atheists uncaring robots? » May 13, 15
  906. Electric bath » May 9, 15
  907. Sad, bad news about e-books and sleep » May 8, 15
  908. We feel what we fear » May 5, 15
  909. Rheumatoid arthritis and central sensitization » May 4, 15
  910. Brain stim fizzle » Apr 16, 15
  911. A bit of a mouthful » Apr 14, 15
  912. Pain is a motivator » Mar 19, 15
  913. Overcoming Pain with Gentle Yoga » Mar 16, 15
  914. The Secret Anarchy of Science » Mar 14, 15
  915. Placebo precision » Mar 14, 15
  916. Does swearing reduce pain? » Mar 13, 15
  917. Insider view of naturopathic training » Mar 13, 15
  918. Apt analogy » Mar 11, 15
  919. Googling symptoms » Mar 11, 15
  920. Sex and back pain » Mar 6, 15
  921. A literally stiff back » Mar 5, 15
  922. Video of weirdly rippling muscle » Mar 4, 15
  923. Nerve root wiggle room » Mar 2, 15
  924. IT band plungering » Feb 27, 15
  925. Missing the Woodstock of pain conferences » Feb 26, 15
  926. Are experimental injection treatments “worth a try”? » Feb 23, 15
  927. Free safety lesson! Is it safe to roll your head in a full circle? » Feb 18, 15
  928. There are no guiltless factions » Feb 16, 15
  929. Flesh still relevant » Feb 16, 15
  930. Bought and paid for » Feb 11, 15
  931. Flabbergasted by the fabella » Feb 9, 15
  932. Release me! » Feb 6, 15
  933. Acupuncture understatement » Feb 6, 15
  934. Make exercise as sexy as the scalpel » Feb 3, 15
  935. Guts are not for standing » Jan 29, 15
  936. Pressure vs shock waves: is there an (important) difference? » Jan 24, 15
  937. Stuck RSS » Jan 23, 15
  938. Positive trend » Jan 23, 15
  939. Written like an ad » Jan 22, 15
  940. Not just another weight loss story » Jan 22, 15
  941. Like storm fronts colliding » Jan 13, 15
  942. Overselling trigger point therapy » Jan 12, 15
  943. Metal rod embedded in arm painless for fifty years » Jan 9, 15
  944. Skeptical massage therapists unite » Dec 17, 14
  945. Historical perspective ugprades » Dec 8, 14
  946. Major new article about throat lumps » Dec 8, 14
  947. Like Shaggy from Scooby-Doo, but less scientific » Nov 26, 14
  948. More massage better » Nov 22, 14
  949. The big move » Nov 21, 14
  950. What could possibly go wrong? » Nov 13, 14
  951. Three pounds in a year » Nov 5, 14
  952. Seven flights » Nov 5, 14
  953. REJOICE, fibromyalgia sufferers! Your nightmare is over! » Oct 30, 14
  954. The state of medicine » Oct 30, 14
  955. Diabolically difficult » Oct 28, 14
  956. Between offices » Oct 28, 14
  957. A Systems Perspective on Chronic Pain » Oct 23, 14
  958. 1.83 metres under » Oct 15, 14
  959. 197, 198, 199 … 200! » Oct 14, 14
  960. Being wrong is popular » Oct 14, 14
  961. Not so FAST » Oct 14, 14
  962. I’m not an expert » Oct 10, 14
  963. Best mini-testimonial ever » Oct 9, 14
  964. FMS: Back to the drawing board? » Oct 9, 14
  965. Still not so ancient after all » Sep 30, 14
  966. The smell could almost be heard » Sep 30, 14
  967. Recommended reading about chiropractic … and lots of it » Sep 24, 14
  968. Phantom scratching is like pain » Sep 22, 14
  969. Baby steps remix » Sep 17, 14
  970. Prism Podcast » Sep 15, 14
  971. Ancient wisdom » Sep 14, 14
  972. Baby steps » Sep 11, 14
  973. Blood therapy, anyone? » Sep 11, 14
  974. Leaky old canoes » Sep 6, 14
  975. Audio article no. 7 » Aug 27, 14
  976. The fate of medicine without reductionism » Aug 27, 14
  977. “Positive” » Aug 26, 14
  978. Now basically rather “edited” » Aug 26, 14
  979. Testing magic » Aug 21, 14
  980. Carousel » Aug 20, 14
  981. I’m not holding my breath » Aug 20, 14
  982. Vibram gets vague » Aug 20, 14
  983. The chemistry of the burn » Aug 19, 14
  984. Peak musculoskeletal anatomy » Aug 19, 14
  985. Classic anatomy videos still going strong » Aug 4, 14
  986. Just exercise those thighs! » Aug 4, 14
  987. It doesn’t go to my head! » Aug 1, 14
  988. Is there hope? » Jul 31, 14
  989. Free speech » Jul 31, 14
  990. Neck pain updates » Jul 24, 14
  991. Explaining away treatment successes » Jul 24, 14
  992. Mark my words: a new e-book feature » Jul 22, 14
  993. Downward dog needs more dog » Jul 22, 14
  994. Too many choices » Jul 15, 14
  995. The weirdness of pain » Jul 15, 14
  996. An epic fail for pre-run stretching » Jul 9, 14
  997. Speaking of needles … » Jul 7, 14
  998. What’s the point? » Jul 7, 14
  999. Treat the animal, not the radiograph » Jul 3, 14
  1000. It’s about time » Jul 2, 14
  1001. Why fascia matters medically (get ready to cringe) » Jul 1, 14
  1002. More painful audio » Jun 30, 14
  1003. Shot by the witch » Jun 30, 14
  1004. A million page views » Jun 29, 14
  1005. Escape! » Jun 26, 14
  1006. My worst pain ever » Jun 18, 14
  1007. Cruciate repair non-crucial » Jun 18, 14
  1008. The DOs and DO NOTs of running your first marathon » Jun 18, 14
  1009. True story » Jun 18, 14
  1010. Thumbs Up for the Scientific 7-Minute Workout » Jun 11, 14
  1011. Foot strikes vary widely in elite runners » Jun 11, 14
  1012. Are you a narcissist? » Jun 10, 14
  1013. Soldiers and single moms » Jun 10, 14
  1014. A vote for tolerance » Jun 10, 14
  1015. My pro-science bias » Jun 7, 14
  1016. The back is still important in back pain » Jun 7, 14
  1017. Doubting doubts » Jun 6, 14
  1018. Do you need a calf-stretching gadget? » May 29, 14
  1019. Plasticity versus tolerance: they got more flexible, but how, dammit, HOW?! » May 28, 14
  1020. For whatever it’s worth » May 28, 14
  1021. The Better Movement Book » May 26, 14
  1022. Americans Struggle to Stand Up » May 22, 14
  1023. No real evidence that parachutes work » May 21, 14
  1024. The “integrated medicine” straw-man » May 21, 14
  1025. Kill pain, kill performance » May 15, 14
  1026. Practitioners of “placebo enhancement” » May 15, 14
  1027. Hyperaesthesia of the shins » May 15, 14
  1028. Vibram spanked » May 9, 14
  1029. The Cassidy paper » May 7, 14
  1030. Pain without a name » May 6, 14
  1031. Small study proves showers work » May 1, 14
  1032. Placebo Paradox 2: The Mechanism » May 1, 14
  1033. Satisfaction is not efficacy » May 1, 14
  1034. So much “power”! » Apr 30, 14
  1035. Spine wrangling » Apr 29, 14
  1036. Inflatable back support? » Apr 29, 14
  1037. It’s no Game of Thrones, but … » Apr 25, 14
  1038. Consider the source » Apr 23, 14
  1039. The two-legged dog and biomechanics » Apr 17, 14
  1040. Stretch for torn muscles » Apr 15, 14
  1041. No Heartbleed here » Apr 12, 14
  1042. New book » Apr 10, 14
  1043. Compression socks with tape » Apr 10, 14
  1044. Two books edited, six to go » Apr 9, 14
  1045. So … what does work, Mister Smartypants? » Apr 9, 14
  1046. Vandal massage » Apr 3, 14
  1047. Barefoot resource » Apr 2, 14
  1048. New anecdote disclaimer » Apr 2, 14
  1049. Neck Pain, Submerged! » Apr 1, 14
  1050. Financially motivated ignorance » Apr 1, 14
  1051. Calf size variability » Mar 27, 14
  1052. Audiobooks project cancelled » Mar 27, 14
  1053. The marble hand » Mar 27, 14
  1054. The greatest hits of back pain science » Mar 26, 14
  1055. A lot of science is junky » Mar 26, 14
  1056. Follow-up on the baby’s broken neck story » Mar 25, 14
  1057. Love letters from librarians » Mar 25, 14
  1058. Goodbye PDF, hello lifetime access » Mar 20, 14
  1059. When books don’t heal » Mar 20, 14
  1060. A good friend advances medical science » Mar 19, 14
  1061. The meaning of heel spurs » Mar 19, 14
  1062. New massage for fibromyalgia study » Mar 18, 14
  1063. Kwitcherbichen » Mar 18, 14
  1064. Back to work and blogging » Mar 18, 14
  1065. Many (unnannounced) updates and upgrades » Feb 10, 14
  1066. A brief public appearance » Jan 6, 14
  1067. Uh oh, success! » Nov 21, 13
  1068. A tale of two taping papers » Nov 20, 13
  1069. Memoirs of a female flight surgeon » Nov 19, 13
  1070. A tug-of-war over scraps » Nov 19, 13
  1071. Do our bones influence our minds? » Nov 19, 13
  1072. Knee arthroscopy does not work » Nov 13, 13
  1073. Not so new » Nov 7, 13
  1074. New ligament » Nov 6, 13
  1075. How many sets is enough? » Nov 5, 13
  1076. Dissing dyskinesis » Oct 22, 13
  1077. You too can learn to feel a hair! » Oct 21, 13
  1078. Reflexology “science” » Oct 4, 13
  1079. Therapy dominated by obsolete ideas » Oct 3, 13
  1080. How to run really, really far » Oct 2, 13
  1081. Tight hamstrings, back pain, and movement » Sep 24, 13
  1082. Pain’s complexity » Sep 24, 13
  1083. Bad biomarkers, good knee news » Sep 20, 13
  1084. What’s a runner gotta do? » Sep 20, 13
  1085. Touch-testing the world » Sep 19, 13
  1086. Performance enhancement » Sep 19, 13
  1087. The prodigy problem » Sep 17, 13
  1088. How to dismiss science you don’t like » Sep 16, 13
  1089. Not good enough, Pilates » Sep 12, 13
  1090. Educated guesses » Sep 11, 13
  1091. What people really look like » Sep 10, 13
  1092. Pain vs. brain: a follow-up » Sep 5, 13
  1093. Weights as good as a run? » Sep 5, 13
  1094. Pain vs. 1600 pounds » Sep 4, 13
  1095. Needless needles? » Aug 29, 13
  1096. Because fascia » Aug 29, 13
  1097. Biomechanicomplicated » Aug 29, 13
  1098. Does [favourite massage method] work? » Aug 27, 13
  1099. Enhanced placebos » Aug 22, 13
  1100. Never give up » Aug 22, 13
  1101. Is science your enemy? » Aug 22, 13
  1102. Happy traffic stats, ScienceBasedMedicine.org news » Aug 20, 13
  1103. Wonky knees » Aug 20, 13
  1104. Hooray for thorough massage! » Aug 15, 13
  1105. When to worry about back pain » Aug 14, 13
  1106. Good screening news » Jul 31, 13
  1107. Should I run recklessly? » Jul 30, 13
  1108. Critical what? » Jul 30, 13
  1109. Yoga for neck pain » Jul 25, 13
  1110. More pain = more pain » Jul 23, 13
  1111. Self-improvement through pain » Jul 23, 13
  1112. Intelligent rabbit massage » Jul 22, 13
  1113. Noise, noise, noise! » Jul 18, 13
  1114. Risk vs benefit » Jul 17, 13
  1115. “Disc” pain » Jul 16, 13
  1116. AllTrials is going well » Jul 16, 13
  1117. Terrible and wonderful » Jul 16, 13
  1118. Good news about running » Jul 9, 13
  1119. Painful neck = weak breathing » Jul 5, 13
  1120. I’m officially more important now » Jul 2, 13
  1121. Why is back pain still a huge problem? » Jul 2, 13
  1122. Derpish stupidity » Jul 2, 13
  1123. Holy spinal adjustment, Batman! » Jun 29, 13
  1124. Knee surgery denounced by surgeons » Jun 26, 13
  1125. Running still good for you » Jun 13, 13
  1126. Science isn’t broken » Jun 8, 13
  1127. Applied “Kinesiology” » Jun 7, 13
  1128. Actual touch not included » Jun 4, 13
  1129. Good questions about orthotics » Jun 4, 13
  1130. Failed healing » Jun 4, 13
  1131. Some gold standard » Jun 3, 13
  1132. Objectivity » Jun 3, 13
  1133. CRPS science “something of a mess” » May 31, 13
  1134. Good reviews of crappy studies » May 31, 13
  1135. Placebo PSA » May 31, 13
  1136. Good back pain science news » May 30, 13
  1137. The wrong notch » May 23, 13
  1138. A taijiquan spelling bee » May 23, 13
  1139. The anti-placebo » May 21, 13
  1140. Progressive mythology » May 21, 13
  1141. Blood injection treatment bombs a test » May 21, 13
  1142. Service announcement for customers » May 17, 13
  1143. Replication needed » May 15, 13
  1144. Surprise run » May 15, 13
  1145. The effects of sleep deprivation » May 14, 13
  1146. Antibiotics for back pain reality check » May 10, 13
  1147. I was wrong: muscle is cheap, not expensive » May 10, 13
  1148. And then I read my email … » May 10, 13
  1149. Two tiny quotes » May 9, 13
  1150. Bad icing news? » May 7, 13
  1151. Incurable shitty ankle » May 2, 13
  1152. Jedi pain tricks! » May 1, 13
  1153. Goodbye supplement confusion » Apr 23, 13
  1154. Two links, one serious, the other … not » Apr 22, 13
  1155. Affectionate or creepy? » Apr 22, 13
  1156. Beeeep » Apr 19, 13
  1157. We hates the DRMses, my preciousss » Apr 19, 13
  1158. Pain changes how pain works » Apr 17, 13
  1159. Modality empires » Apr 17, 13
  1160. X-Ray video » Apr 15, 13
  1161. Not what they seem » Apr 10, 13
  1162. Homo sapiens: not as wimpy you thought » Apr 8, 13
  1163. Tissue pathology does not explain chronic pain » Apr 5, 13
  1164. Disc, schmisc » Apr 4, 13
  1165. 1-Minute fibromyalgia video » Apr 2, 13
  1166. Seven amusing alternatives to evidence-based medicine » Apr 1, 13
  1167. Electric baths » Mar 28, 13
  1168. Spinal infection? » Mar 26, 13
  1169. Updated Tissue Provocation Therapies » Mar 22, 13
  1170. Testing Treatments » Mar 22, 13
  1171. More than placebo, less than medicine » Mar 18, 13
  1172. Topical NSAID risks much lower than oral » Mar 15, 13
  1173. One of my favourite history of medicine stories » Mar 14, 13
  1174. “Negative” » Mar 13, 13
  1175. Revenge of the Woo » Mar 13, 13
  1176. Tissue state is just chemistry » Mar 13, 13
  1177. Pelvic tilt » Mar 12, 13
  1178. Interesting but not awfully important epiphenoma » Mar 11, 13
  1179. An unfortunate trivialization » Mar 11, 13
  1180. Two especially nice reader comments » Mar 11, 13
  1181. Seriously, funny salt » Mar 8, 13
  1182. Big fascia update » Mar 1, 13
  1183. Dissection-perspective » Feb 27, 13
  1184. Glucosaminimal » Feb 26, 13
  1185. Sexy mental fitness » Feb 26, 13
  1186. Perplexed » Feb 19, 13
  1187. Stretching good for the heart » Feb 16, 13
  1188. Good massage news » Feb 16, 13
  1189. Big boner » Feb 13, 13
  1190. 1,001 followers » Feb 12, 13
  1191. Posture reactions » Feb 11, 13
  1192. Posturology » Feb 11, 13
  1193. Two Audiobooks Now Available » Feb 4, 13
  1194. Unstable? Unreliable » Feb 4, 13
  1195. Kinesio tape » Jan 24, 13
  1196. Creatine-induced insomnia » Jan 19, 13
  1197. AllTrials.net » Jan 10, 13
  1198. Minute Medical School » Jan 8, 13
  1199. Reston was not anaesthetized by acupuncture » Dec 8, 12
  1200. Placebo surgeries » Dec 5, 12
  1201. PNF stretching » Dec 3, 12
  1202. Surgeon corrects my tone » Oct 21, 12
  1203. Bad Science Watch » Jul 12, 12
  1204. How smart is your right foot? » Dec 22, 11
  1205. An awesome ebook upgrade » Apr 20, 11
  1206. Bad science writer, bad! A major mea culpa » Dec 14, 10

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