Ep 171: Mind-body connections in people with hip pain - how clinicians can help, with Dr Kate Jochimsen
How do you approach evaluating psychological health factors when working with people in pain? Do you have an established process for screening? How about an approach to managing the psychological aspects of injury and health? Athletes say they would like psychological support, while many musculoskeletal rehabilitation clinicians feel ill-equipped to provide appropriate support. What to do?! Fortunately, Dr Kate Jochimsen (ATC, PhD; Massachusetts General Hospital) is leading a research program geared towards developing and evaluating mind-body interventions for chronic hip pain, and she addresses some of the clinical challenges in today's episode. ------------------------------ RESOURCES Psychologically-informed practice when managing sports injuries: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37647239/ More on the prevalence of hip morphology in athletes: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2021.9622 Physiotherapist-led treatment for hip-related pain: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31732651/ ------------------------------ Find out more about the Pain Science in Practice courses delivered by Prof Lorimer Mosley: https://tinyurl.com/25kzcfmh Direct links for each of the North American Pain Science in Practice courses: Vancouver, Canada (27-28 September, 2024): https://clinicalsportsmedicine.com/lorimer-moseley San Francisco, USA (5-6 October, 2024): https://www.noigroup.com/event/pain-science-in-practice-moseley-san-francisco/ New York City, USA (12-13 October, 2024): https://www.noigroup.com/event/pain-science-in-practice-moseley-nyc/