What is pain? Why does my finger hurt?
Question
What is a pain? My little finger has hurt for two weeks, so what is the pain I am feeling?Mohammed, West End
Answer
** Definitive **Name: Gina, St John’s Wood
Qualification: Ostepath
Answer: Around the body, we have specialised recepetor cells called nocireceptors which pick up a stimulus. So when you bang a joint, then these nocireceptors are fending off the impulse into your spinal cord, which travel up to your brain, which is when you feel pain.
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