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Welcome to the blog.
Here is where you can find all of our writings about things we've read. This blog is regularly contributed to by members of the Pain Geeks Community. If you have any ideas or pieces that you'd like to share with the community, just reach out. We'd love to hear from you!


When Breath Becomes Air Part II: Caelica 83
By: Abby Gordon We’re just over a week away – check your calendars for Monday, September 30th (USA East Coast 7:30AM, USA West Coast...

Abby Gordon
Sep 23, 20243 min read


When Breath Becomes Air: What is patient-guided treatment?
By Christine Petrides BA, BSc Physiotherapy In perfect health I begin, Cease not till death I was enthralled by this book, I could barely...
Christine Petrides
Sep 19, 20244 min read


Living with Persistent Pain since 25: Sashira's Story
Sashira takes us with her on her experience of developing persistent pain, the process of understanding, the struggle of living with it.

Sashira Deniya
Aug 21, 202415 min read


When breath becomes air (part 1)
I first read “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi near the end of 2022. I held the physical book in my hands and found myself...

paingeekscommunity
Aug 14, 20242 min read


The Absent Body...
“Human experience is incarnated. I receive the surrounding world through my eyes, my ears, my hands. The structure of my perceptual...
Christine Petrides
May 14, 20242 min read


"I thought that I could not be hurt"
Humanities Piece: Sylvia Plath
April 2024

Laura Rathbone
Apr 7, 20245 min read


A Deep Dive into 'The Story of Pain' by Joanna Bourke
We had a brave and thought-provoking book club discussion on 'The Story of Pain' by Joanna Bourke at the end of March. This intriguing...

Laura Rathbone
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Applied Neuroscience & the Paining Person
By Abby Gordon Thanks so much to Abby Gordon who so graciously offered to share this blog with us here on Pain Geeks! This blog is Abby’s...

paingeekscommunity
Feb 15, 202413 min read


I took my kids to view The Anatomy Lesson...this is what they taught me
So I took my 7 year old (E) and 5 year old (O) on an inter-city adventure to see this month’s humanities piece at the Maurithuis museum...

Laura Rathbone
Jan 8, 20248 min read


An artistic exploration of touch
By 'Super Geek' Margie Malloy Hi everyone! I’m Margie, an artist, physiotherapist and super pain geek! Laura kindly invited me to write a...

paingeekscommunity
Dec 1, 20232 min read


When a cause cannot be found: embracing medical pluralism
By Laura Rathbone In the field of medicine, understanding causality is a complex task that requires the use of multiple methodologies....

Laura Rathbone
Nov 9, 20232 min read


Sensing and Feeling: Part 2
by Laura Rathbone Hi everyone, I hope that you have been enjoying this month’s paper: McGlone, F., Wessberg, J. and Olausson, H., 2014....

Laura Rathbone
Oct 29, 20233 min read


Sensing and Feeling: Part 1
By Laura Rathbone This month we have split one paper into two. This blog is in reference to the first half the paper: McGlone, F.,...

Laura Rathbone
Oct 9, 20235 min read


The transformative power of contact improvisation dance
By Laura Rathbone I remember the first time I ever saw contact improv, it was about 5 years ago when physiotherapist and founder of...

Laura Rathbone
Oct 3, 20235 min read


The Left Hand of Darkness: Reflections from Discussion
Last week we had our much anticipated discussion of our 3rd book club of 2023 hosted by Corina Breukel. A narrative medicine graduate...
Christine Petrides
Oct 2, 20233 min read
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