At Pain Science Physical Therapy we not only treat patients with chronic pain but we do it using evidence- based treatments and techniques. As such we support research that is looking to understand and treat patients with chronic pain. Michelle Taylor is a psychology doctoral student from Antioch University Seattle. She is conducting a study […]

Hi everyone, Doctor Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. I wanted to put together a short video just to talk to you a little bit about chronic pain and what this looks like in the brain. So if you watched any of my videos before, then you’ve already learned that pain is something […]

Hi everyone! My name is Dr. Orit Hickman and I am from Pain Science Physical Therapy. And I'm here today to talk to you a little bit about, “How do nerves become sensitive?”  One of the things that we know about pain is that it is produced in the brain. And, in order for it […]

Hi everyone! Doctor Orit Hickman here (physical therapist,) and I'm here to talk to you a little bit today about chronic pain. Chronic pain is a condition that we treat very often in our clinical setting and we use a very unique approach in the treatment of patients with pain. For many of you who […]

Video Transcript: Hi everyone, Doctor Orit Hickman here from Pain Science Physical Therapy. And I just wanted to put together a really quick video to answer or try to address this question of “What is chronic pain?”. The old definition of chronic pain used to be that if a patient or somebody has pain that's […]

This is part two in my series of blog posts on pain.  If you didn’t get a chance then read the first post here. You have a really good alarm system To recap—pain is produced by the brain in response to a perceived threat.  This means that not ALL tissue damage causes pain and not […]

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is actually a group of syndromes. Someone can have any one of the 13+ types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS).1 Here at Pain Science Physical Therapy, our physical therapists treat anyone with any type of EDS who needs help through physical therapy. What Is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? EDS is a genetic disorder that affects the […]

What is Pain Science? Pain Science is the study of pain and its relationship to the brain and the body. The feeling of pain that you experience is the neurological process of the brain receiving information from nociceptors (danger detectors) from the body and coordinating a response. The brain sends this response as a signal […]

Deciding which practitioner to visit when you need relief from pain can be confusing. Physical therapy and massage therapy ultimately have the same goal which is to help relieve pain and restore function to the body. However, there are a few key differences that separate these therapies from one another. Your needs might be met […]