Pain and the science surrounding its causes and effects is a rapidly growing area of understanding. Today Jacob and Durham aim to give a broad introduction to the current understanding around pain, why we experience it and how to deal with both acute and chronic pain. Some resources: Lorimer Moseley’s pain talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwd-wLdIHjs The article on opioids: http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/05/why-taking-morphine-oxycodone-can-sometimes-make-pain-worse