In this episode, Pain Scientist, Clinician, and Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia, Lorimer Moseley, talks about pain and research. Today, Lorimer talks about his many streams of research, assessing cognitive flexibility, and his MasterSessions. What is cognitive flexibility and how does it affect pain? Hear about the social determinants of pain, COVID’s impact on Pain Revolution, the complexity of chronic pain, and the responsibility that comes with doing pain research, all on today’s episode of The Healthy, Wealthy & Smart Podcast.   Key Takeaways “One of the biggest determinants of your health in the US is your zip code.” “[Cognitive flexibility is] the ability of your system to change its behaviour when the task requirements or conditions change.” “If you’re going to label something, it should be what it says it’s doing.” “[chronic pain] is one of the most burdensome health conditions in the world.” “There’s genuine, realistic, scientifically-based reason to hope things will keep improving for people with chronic pain.” “Love and be love.”   More about Lorimer Moseley Lorimer is Bradley Distinguished Professor at the University of South Australia. He is a pain scientist, clinician and educator. He has made seminal contributions to how we understand pain and why it sometimes persists and has developed treatments that are now considered front line interventions in clinical guidelines internationally. He has authored 370 research articles and seven books. His contributions have been recognised by government or professional societies in 13 countries. In 2020, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished contributions to humanity at large in the fields of pain science and pain medicine, science communication, pain education and physiotherapy. He lives and works on Kaurna Country in Adelaide, Australia.   Suggested Keywords Healthy, Wealthy, Smart, Physiotherapy, Pain, Research, Cognitive Flexibility, Chronic Pain, Perception, Responsibility, Recovery,   Notable Mentions Caitlin Howlett. Dan Harvie. Pain and Perception, by Dan Harvie and Lorimer Moseley. Epiphaknee, by Lorimer Moseley, David Butler, and Tasha Stanton. Participate in research (it takes just 20 minutes). MasterSessions.   To learn more, follow Lorimer at: Website:          https://www.tamethebeast.org                         https://www.painrevolution.org                         https://people.unisa.edu.au/Lorimer.Moseley   Subscribe to Healthy, Wealthy & Smart: Website:                      https://podcast.healthywealthysmart.com Apple Podcasts:          https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-wealthy-smart/id532717264 Spotify:                        https://open.spotify.com/show/6ELmKwE4mSZXBB8TiQvp73 SoundCloud:               https://soundcloud.com/healthywealthysmart Stitcher:                       https://www.stitcher.com/show/healthy-wealthy-smart iHeart Radio:               https://www.iheart.com/podcast/263-healthy-wealthy-smart-27628927 Read The Full Transcript Here:  00:03 Hi, Lorimer, welcome back to the podcast. I'm so excited to have you back on.   00:08 Good. Thanks for having me.   00:10 And so today we've got a lot to cover, because we are going to be talking about some of your current projects, new developments that maybe happened since 2021, where you had well over 30 publications. So you had a very, very busy year, I would say. But as we go, as we kind of go through and talk about some of the things that you're working on, I just want you to let me know if there's anything that you're like, Whoa, hey, I can't talk about that. Or if there is reason to be a little vague, because things might be ongoing trials and things like that. So we'll definitely keep that in mind. Now, let's say you've had a lot of publications over the last year, what are some current projects, or discoveries or developments that really stuck out for you in your most recent research?   01:08 Ah, nice question.