Dave Moen | Understanding Chronic Pain 

My first extraordinary experience of pain didn’t strike me as interesting until years later. 

I crushed the end of my finger at work – caught in the cooling tray of a coffee roaster and I was asked...

How to tell if you have chronic pain

Learn about the diagnosis of chronic pain and how to tell if you have this condition. Find out why others are learning about pain, and what this means for your recovery.

What are the best treatments for chronic pain?

Do you have chronic pain? Learn the common treatments for chronic pain and which ones work best.

In this post we are going to explain the common treatments for chronic pain and help you to identify w...

Understanding the Permission to Move online pain program

Do you have chronic pain? Learn why others are using this pain science tool to recover from chronic pain. In this post we are going to show you how pain science is revolutionising the way pe...

John Baranoff – Personal Essay on Chronic Pain

As a teenage swimmer I had a strong focus on athletic performance. I believed sport required coping with and enduring pain – my favourite saying to my sister, also a swimmer, was “no pain no gain”....

Farrin Foster | Chapter One of Permission to Move (book)

Pain has purpose. It’s a protective mechanism – a frontline defence standing between our bodies and all the possible harm our brains can imagine. This essential function endows f...

Professor Lorimer Moseley | Why We Need Permission to Move

Several years ago I received an email from a physiotherapist fresh out of a Masters degree, apparently quite enamoured with the clinical reasoning and pain science aspects. He was...

For more than two decades, Caristia’s pain stopped her from pursuing her passion for cycling. After missing out on biking with her kids and years of riding opportunities, she finally found pain science and the joy of returning to the saddle.

“I...