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Explain Pain
David Butler / Lorimer Moseley · 2003
A pain neuroscience education classic that reframes pain as protective output shaped by biology, perception, threat, and context.
Why it belongs
Critical corrective for affiliate catalog logic: a tool may help, but pain is not a simple object to smash or release.
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Read the reference first; buy only if it answers a real question for your body or practice.
Why read it
One of the most important anti-slop books for WBC. It makes recovery-tool recommendations more cautious, more humane, and less mechanically naive.
Key idea
Pain is real, but it is not a direct tissue damage meter.
Try this
When discomfort appears, describe context, threat, sleep, stress, and load before blaming one tissue.
Best for
- Readers tempted by tool-fix explanations
- Any page discussing pain, recovery, or self-treatment
Read with caution
- Pain education is not the same as diagnosis or treatment
- Complex pain needs individualized care
Source note
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