Andrea D. Furlan MD PhD PM&R
@adfurlan
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I'm a physician, scientist, teacher, YouTuber and author. I try to help the person that has chronic pain, not just the pain they have (opinions my own)🇨🇦🇧🇷
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined August 2009
🎥 New video posted today 👉🏻Knee Conditioning Exercises - Decrease risk of falls - Reduce Pain - Improve balance - Restore Range of Motion 👉🏻 https://t.co/H0Fe59BoFV
#exercises #Knee #Arthritis #Fallsrisk
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I'll be LIVE at the Panel "Helping You To Help Yourself" Tuesday Nov 4, 2025 12 noon PST - 3pm EST Register to "Putting the Pieces Together" this National Pain Awareness Week, brought to you by Pain Canada https://t.co/qvWWlQMgk2
#NationalPainAwarenessWeek2025 #NPAW2025
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Congratulations Lillian on your Masters degree. It was a pleasure to supervise your project.
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The brain 🧠 is very powerful. .#chronicpain #fibromyalgia #arthritis #backpain #lowbackpain #crps #neckpain #nociplastic #neuroplastic #nociplastic #migraine #CFS #fatigue #FND
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The Flu vaccine campaign started at my hospital 😀
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Thank you, OEMAC CBOM for inviting me to talk at your #oemaccbom2025 Annual Conference about my favourite topic: When Chronic Pain Does Not Go Away, Think Nociplastic Pain Mechanisms. #Chronicpain #nociplastic #occhealth
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Yes, Cognitive Functional Therapy #CFT really works!
HOT OFF THE PRESS: OPEN ACCESS 50 DAYS CFT is the first treatment for chronic disabling low back pain with good evidence of large, long-term (>12 months) effects on disability. @MarkHancockPT Peter Kent Anne Smith @jpcaneiro @RobSchutze @kieranosull @janhartvigsen and team
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Today 👇🏻
📢FAC's Fresh Start September Round Table 🗓️Date: Sept 23 ⏰12:00 pm ET ➡️LInk: https://t.co/qVVx4OagiO Join #FAC for a round table with a physiotherapist, psychologist & physiatrist on self-management & #fibromyalgia ➡️Ease symptoms ➡️Refresh routines
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Thank you to the @AutoimmuneAssoc for inviting us to talk at your #AutoimmuneCommunitySummit 2025. The sessions are amazing. #chronicdisease #invisibleillness
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Why Does Pain Feel So Different? Follow me to learn more about: #ChronicPain #Nociceptive #Neuropathic #Nociplastic #neuroplastic #TMS #PainNeuroscience #PainNeuroscienceEducation #PNE #PRT #Neuroplasticity #PainEducation #PainScience
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#Review in @MedComm_MC Molecular Mechanisms of Chronic Pain and Therapeutic Interventions👉 https://t.co/s5157Mn6wK
#Nociceptive #Neuropathic #Nociplastic #Pain #MolecularMechanism #Therapeutic #Intervention
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These findings suggest that #Fibromyalgia Index scores reflect biologically meaningful changes in #brain connectivity, particularly in subcortical DPMS circuits implicated in affective and homeostatic dimensions of pain. Structural connectivity was more strongly associated with
Brain signatures of nociplastic pain: Fibromyalgia Index and descending modulation at ... - https://t.co/UvC5qrHQW8
#GoogleAlerts
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Risk factors of nociplastic pain in patients with autoimmune arthritis: web-based cross-sectional survey of patients @PolishArchives @hande_snc @abdulvahap_md @MiskovicRada @GencTRASD
https://t.co/sB80AxWhai
link.springer.com
Rheumatology International - This study aimed to identify risk factors of nociplastic pain in patients with autoimmune arthritis. Patients suffering from chronic pain and autoimmune arthritis were...
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Pain is a global challenge, affecting people in different ways. Here are some of the most common pain conditions: 🔬 Musculoskeletal 🧠 Neuropathic 🩺 Cancer-related Learn more: https://t.co/RXkKBEXJyp Infographic: https://t.co/Ktjm8yPDqd
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I have been advocating for a bio-psycho-social model of diagnosis and treatment of #ChronicPain for many decades. We still have a long way to go.
Pain is shaped by biological, psychological, and social factors. The biopsychosocial model helps us address pain effectively. 🎥 Watch this short video statement from Joanne O'Brien Kelly 💡Learn more: https://t.co/h4y0sYP0qP 🔗 Infographic: https://t.co/IE46scPyeJ
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Dear X Friends, What you eat is how you sleep: A balanced diet rich in plant-based foods enhances the production of sleep-regulating metabolites such as melatonin, GABA & serotonin – no need to supplement! https://t.co/JxGy3k865Z
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Dear X Friends, breakthrough: finally a treatment that works for patients with chronic #pain following #whiplash! Cost-effective treatment + reduced disability & symptoms immediately after treatment + at 1y follow-up: 🔓: https://t.co/9WWm02XlHo
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The gut microbiota promotes pain in #fibromyalgia Transplanting #gut microbiota from women with fibromyalgia into mice induces pain It also induces #immune activation, metabolomic changes, and reduced skin innervation Gut #microbiota promotes #pain through several mechanisms
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