Is Back Pain All in Your Head? — Dr Stuart McGill | Reason & Wellbeing 8

If you have back pain, you might have been told "it's all in your head". This type of comment can be disempowering and unhelpful. At the same time, however, your brain and psychology do affect your experience of pain, as promoted by advocates of the "biopsychosocial model".

In this video, Professor Stuart McGill uses a powerful example from his clinical practice to explain his thoughts on this subject.

This is an excerpt from episode 8 of the Reason & Wellbeing podcast. Find the full episode on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast...

People and resources featured in this episode:

Stu McGill, PhD. Find out more about Stu at: backfitpro.com. You can also follow find more of his work on the channel ‪@backfitpro9992‬

Greg Potter, PhD. Follow Greg on Instagram: instagram.com/gregpotterphd

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