äMedicine convinces us that we can understand the human condition biologically.  Pain teaches us otherwise.  Pain, as we know it today, bears all the hallmarks of a subjective phenomenon that can only be understood by the person experiencing it.  Yet even this belief has a history; a history that is closely tied to the genealogy of the physiotherapy profession. Tony Ballantyne has explored the way pain became a vehicle for social reformers after the 17th century, shaping many of the health and social welfare reforms that were to follow.  Ballantyne argues above that pain narratives were a powerful way for humanitarians to promote the belief that the state should take responsibility for … [Read more...] about The social construction of pain