95 - Intro to Pain Science with Brodie Sharpe

What this episode covers

Endurance Innovation is now on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/enduranceinnovation]! Have a peek at our page and show us some love. * 3:00 Brodie's introduction to pain science * 7:15 pain in a new light: pain as threat perception * 8:15 pain is generated entirely in the brain * 10:30 the role of historical context in perception of pain * 12:00 Michael's lax ankle ligaments * 16:30 is it possible to 'unlearn' pain? * 19:00 Brodie's hypothesis on how kids process pain * 22:15 pain signals and motor control * 24:15 the memories of past injuries * 27:30 persistent pain triggered by an associated movement / motor action * 31:45 phantom pain * 33:00 how to decouple chronic pain from chronic tissue damage? * 36:15 the longer a patient experiences a specific pain, the more of an influence the pain itself - as opposed to the structural damage - on ongoing pain.  * 41:00 the power of language * 43:00 what can we do about chronic pain? * 47:00 why do we experience delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)? If you haven't already, subscribe to Brodie's Run Smarter Podcast [https://runsmarter.online/the-run-smarter-podcast/]. Learn a little more about pain in this short video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3phB93rvI], or dive deeper by picking up the Explain Pain book.