Core Physiology & Pain Models

• Biopsychosocial Phenomenon: Sensory, emotional, cognitive, and social components.
• The Neuromatrix: Connected neural feedback loop unique to each individual.
• Wind-Up Phenomenon (Central Pain Syndrome)
• Untreated Pain Complications

Clinical Pain Classifications

• Acute Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Neuropathic Pain
• Mixed-Pain Conditions:
  • Burn Pain: Subdivided into background (constant, throbbing), breakthrough, procedural (wound débridement), and postoperative pain.
  • Cancer Pain: Infiltration (bone/nerve), viscerally poorly localized. Treatment-relate ...