Painful Truth

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We know pain when we feel it. We fear it and try to avoid it. But do we know what it really is?

We''re currently experiencing a Renaissance in pain science. In recent years our understanding of pain has altered so radically it''s fair to say that everything we thought we knew about pain is wrong. As Dr Monty Lyman reveals, we misunderstand pain - with harmful consequences...