Thoughts:
- somewhat tough to apply clinically, but some patients may be recovering from pain and still have a few sharp episodes now and then
- if they're not particularly offended, perhaps it would put them, and their friends/family/co-workers more at ease if a quick #$#%#@$#@ was stated, then move on with life
- anything that raises thresholds particular for a neurotag that is associated with bending/lifting/sitting is useful - and this one may be easy to implement into a home program (or maybe not)
References
Stephens, R, Atkins, J, Kingston, A 2009, ‘Swearing as a response to pain’, NeuroReport, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 1056-1060.
Stephens, R, Umland, C 2011, ‘Swearing as a response to pain – Effect of daily swearing frequency, The Journal of Pain, vol. 12, no. 12, pp. 1274-1281.
Swee, G, Schirmer, A 2015, ‘On the importance of being vocal: Saying “ow” improves pain tolerance’, The Journal of Pain, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 326-334.