A key strategy in the management of any chronic pain condition is understanding the causes and triggers of your pain. “The Explain Pain Handbook: Protectometer” has been written by David Butler and Lorimer Moseley, two leaders in the treatment and management of chronic pain, to give patients and therapists an interactive way of exploring each patient’s unique pain story. The book introduces the concept of the Protectometer, a tool used to explore and identify how things interact in your life to influence your pain. The tool asks readers to identify DIM’s (Danger In Me) and SIM’s (Safety In Me), allowing the reader to explore things that may feed into a worsening pain story (DIMs) and things that help quieten the pain system down (SIMs).

If you have been living with pain and are looking to make a change, this book will offer helpful insights to help you understand your pain, with practical advice so you can get to work on overcoming your pain.

Protectometer is available for purchase here.

At Inspire Fitness, our team of dedicated Accredited Exercise Physiologists are experienced in the treatment and management of chronic pain conditions.  If you require assistance with a chronic pain condition, call us on 9857 3007.

Written by Nicole Marlow, Accredited Exercise Physiologist.

No matter how good your diet is, no matter how often you are exercising...the bottom line is: you’re sabotaging all of your efforts if you’re not getting enough sleep.

Sleep experts recommend you get up to nine hours of sleep a night, but many people get between four to five hours per night on average! The following video describes how our body knows when it has had enough sleep, and outlines strategies for improving the quality of your sleep.

As a team of exercise physiologists, we take a holistic approach to improving the health and wellbeing of our clients. Addressing and improving the sleep patterns of our clients is a critical component of our work, as it forms the foundation for ensuring our clients can reach the health goals they’ve set and aspire to achieve.

Written by Brendan Rigby, Accredited Exercise Physiologist.