The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network has a series of blog items called “Meet our Board” where we will share various items introducing members of the newly formed Board. The Network is keen to build a space that is respectful, safe,…
The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network has a series of blog posts called “Meet our Board” where we will introduce members of the newly formed Board. The Network is keen to build a space that is respectful, safe, inclusive and active. For the…
The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network has a series of blog posts called “Meet our Board” where we will introduce members of the newly formed Board. The Network is keen to build a space that is respectful, safe, inclusive and active. For the…
The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network is starting a series of blog items called ‘Meet our Board’. Over the next few months we will share various items introducing members of the new Board. The Network is keen to build a space…
By Micia de Wet As a white South African woman who’s now in a long-distance relationship with migraines, I’ve got a particular perspective on pain management and medical specialists. As a researcher, somatically-inclined performer, and advocate for bigger pictures, I…
by Micia de Wet The Somatic Practice and Chronic Pain Network held a webinar on the topic of Persistent Pain: Movement and (Mis) Communication on 5th of May 2021. The event included short presentations and discussion with panel/ participants. Here we share a summary…
In this video, Dr. Aline Haas discusses her project on dance for those with Parkinson’s disease to improve quality of life. Based in Brazil, Aline and her team work with Samba and Forró dance rhythms. During the global pandemic, her…
Sarah Charles Highlighting the biological and psychological mechanisms that lead to pain can help provide some insight into how movement in general, and somatic practice in particular, might help those living with pain. One of my major interests is the…
In this interview, pain specialist nurse Jenny McHugh discusses working with children at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, with Prof. Bernie Carter. They talk about the kinds of persistent pain children present with, and the role of a multidisciplinary team in…
Toshio Nomura and Emma Meehan Future projects In February 2020, we asked network members to generate project ideas about somatic practices (SP) and pain that needed to be addressed. In this blog, we present a qualitative research approach, called KJ Ho…
