by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Sep 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Central Changes We have discussed how danger signals from nociceptors reach the dorsal horn and how they are passed on to secondary order neurones, which transmit the signals on to the brain. However there are structural changes that can happen in the nervous system...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Sep 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Nociception Nociception is a term that describes the sensation of noxious stimulation that may be interpreted as pain. Nociceptors are nerve cells that reside in the dorsal root ganglion with free nerve endings in the skin,...
by Wandsworth Physiotherapy | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
It was Rene Descarte who proposed the theory of pain that has persisted for nearly 400 years. Descarte thought that there were specific pain receptors and nerve fibres that projected pain impulses to the spinal cord and on to a...
