Pain Science Messaging

How it works

Benefits

Comparisons

Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• BP+PS education includes additional messages helping participants understand the complex nature of pain, including the role of the brain and nervous system. — Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment
• Adding pain science to best practice education produced the most consistently positive emotional profile, with the highest rate of positive feelings at 35%. — Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment
• The BP+PS group reported the highest rate of feeling validated or cared for. — Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment
• The incremental benefit of pain science messaging over best practice education alone appears small in terms of treatment preferences. — Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment
• Pain science content may enhance the patient experience — reducing frustration and increasing feelings of validation — without substantially changing treatment preferences relative to best practice education alone. — Perceptions of best practice, pain science and structure-focused education for rotator cuff-related shoulder pain: a content analysis of qualitative data from a randomised experiment