A Comprehensive Patient Pain Education System

From physical therapist and pain science expert Adriaan Louw, PT, PhD, the Why You Hurt: Pain Neuroscience Education System is an interactive tool that will help clinicians engage in meaningful discussions with patients. The system refines complex medical neuroscience into easily internalized metaphors, examples, and images to efficiently teach patients what pain really is and how it works.

The PNE system is conveniently packaged in a sturdy box that can remain in the clinic or can be easily transported for outpatient appointments.

Teach Pain Right Out of the Box

Adriaan Louw's Why You Hurt system is much more than pain flashcards. This integrated system, based on best evidence research, gives you the knowledge and tools to treat chronic pain patients right out of the box.

The system includes everything needed to teach patients and clients about pain, including 120+ full-color, two-sided education cards measuring 8.5 inches x 6.5 inches.

Adriaan Louw teaches a patient using the education cards.

The Why You Hurt: Pain Neuroscience Education System includes:

Over a dozen versatile education sessions
120+ illustrated education cards
Quick reference neuroscience teaching cues
Patient homework that promotes deep learning
50 reproducible homework cards
Pain questionnaire cards to supplement pain education sessions
A teaching index that details each section’s message
The how and why of pain neuroscience education, including the research behind it

Visual Learning with Flashcards & Online Resources

This all-inclusive system delivers immediate clinical application of pain neuroscience education. From Adriaan Louw, the Why You Hurt system is designed to promote patient education so they will feel less pain, have less fear, move better and show more interest in therapy.

Why You Hurt? system features the following:

Over a dozen versatile education sessions covering a wide variety of patients
Homework to promote deeper learning
Pain questionnaire cards
Teaching cues to guide each session
Teaching index
Instruction and background of pain neuroscience education

One side of each flashcard features teaching cues and scientific support for the lesson.

One side of each flashcard features an illustrated example of the lesson.

About Adriaan Louw, _{PT, PhD}

Renowned Author and Pain Researcher

Adriaan has taught throughout the US and internationally for 20 years at numerous national and international manual therapy, pain science and medical conferences. He is a Certified Spinal Manual Therapist, Therapeutic Pain Specialist and has authored and co-authored over 50 peer-reviewed articles, books and book chapters related to spinal disorders and pain science. He is the Director of the Therapeutic Neuroscience Research Group – an independent collaborative initiative studying pain neuroscience and is the Program Director of the Therapeutic Pain Specialist and Pain Science Fellowship post-graduate program for Evidence in Motion.

The Why You Hurt Series

Adriaan Louw has created a series of tools that work together seamlessly, whether you’re a clinician who wants to understand pain education and how to teach your patients, or someone with chronic pain who is looking for help.

From the Back Cover

Teach your patients about pain

The more your patients know about pain, the better off they'll be. Research shows that when your patients understand how the nervous system and brain collaborate to produce pain, they will experience less pain, be less afraid, move better, exercise longer and be more willing to participate in therapy.

Physical therapist Adriaan Louw's Why You Hurt: Pain Neuroscience Education System teaches your patients about pain, distilling complex neurobiological and neurophysiological processes into metaphors, visuals and examples that are easily internalized by all patients.

With over a dozen versatile education sessions, you have the power to deliver the precise message each patient needs. Each interactive session culminates with reproducible homework that deepens the learning experience and empowers the patient with an active role in their recovery.

Start treating chronic pain.

The back of the box containing the full PNE system.