Asaf (Klaf) Weisman
@asafklaf.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Tel-Aviv University. I am a researcher of the spine and people experiencing pain. I am also an MSK Physiotherapist. Follow me for the neuroscience of pain, spine, and health issues.
Blog: https://painlosophy.wordpress.com/
Blog: https://painlosophy.wordpress.com/
This new prospective study followed 108 individuals with acute low back pain. Their immune profiles predicted transition from acute to chronic low back pain in a sex- and age-specific manner with some pretty impressive AUCs.
journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
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#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This new prospective study followed 108 individuals with acute low back pain. Their immune profiles predicted transition from acute to chronic low back pain in a sex- and age-specific manner with some pretty impressive AUCs.
journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
journals.lww.com/pain/abstrac...
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
Officially published💥 A reboot to the #pain field! The aphorism that “nociception is neither necessary nor sufficient for pain” has caused a lot of damage to patients and set back the field and should be discarded.
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
Free link: academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
Free link: academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
October 15, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Officially published💥 A reboot to the #pain field! The aphorism that “nociception is neither necessary nor sufficient for pain” has caused a lot of damage to patients and set back the field and should be discarded.
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
Free link: academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
#neuroskyence #painresearch #physio
Free link: academic.oup.com/brain/advanc...
Very important and useful clinical information on the average age of onset of autoimmune diseases.
From: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#physio #painscience
From: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#physio #painscience
October 8, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Very important and useful clinical information on the average age of onset of autoimmune diseases.
From: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#physio #painscience
From: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#physio #painscience
A new medical illustration I made per request. I wish I could just do those all day.
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May 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A new medical illustration I made per request. I wish I could just do those all day.
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Striking cases of neuro-immune interactions: Upper pic: Psoriasis vanished from right hand after shoulder dislocation with brachial plexus injury. Bottom pic: Four months later, as nerves began to recover, psoriasis returned.
#neuroskyence
#painresearch
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February 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Striking cases of neuro-immune interactions: Upper pic: Psoriasis vanished from right hand after shoulder dislocation with brachial plexus injury. Bottom pic: Four months later, as nerves began to recover, psoriasis returned.
#neuroskyence
#painresearch
#physio
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New imaging technique published in Nature to image inflammation utilizes the protein CD-45 which is used only by white blood cells.
Link: Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Link: Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New imaging technique published in Nature to image inflammation utilizes the protein CD-45 which is used only by white blood cells.
Link: Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#painresearch
#physio
#neuroskyence
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Link: Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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There is no such thing as “STRUCTURAL PAIN” and “non structural pain” etc. The plethora of unpleasant sensory experiences we humans use the word “pain” to describe them, are all the consequences of activation of our specialized appartus of nociception.
#painresearch
#physio
#neuroskyence
#painresearch
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#neuroskyence
January 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
There is no such thing as “STRUCTURAL PAIN” and “non structural pain” etc. The plethora of unpleasant sensory experiences we humans use the word “pain” to describe them, are all the consequences of activation of our specialized appartus of nociception.
#painresearch
#physio
#neuroskyence
#painresearch
#physio
#neuroskyence
It should be obligatory for every med/life sci grad student to learn formal logic & reasoning. Too many published papers are poorly argued and make basic inferential errors. This small change would dramatically improve science
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January 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It should be obligatory for every med/life sci grad student to learn formal logic & reasoning. Too many published papers are poorly argued and make basic inferential errors. This small change would dramatically improve science
#physio
#painresearch
#neuroskyence
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#physio
#painresearch
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🤘🏻The study I have been waiting for 30 years! Only Scandinavians can pull this out let alone publish it in a Scandinavian pain journal 🤘🏻
#painscience
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#painresearch
#ignobel2025
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
December 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM
🤘🏻The study I have been waiting for 30 years! Only Scandinavians can pull this out let alone publish it in a Scandinavian pain journal 🤘🏻
#painscience
#physio
#painresearch
#ignobel2025
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
#painscience
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#painresearch
#ignobel2025
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
Today, in the stupid article title department...
How is this nonsense acceptable?
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#neuroscience
How is this nonsense acceptable?
#painscience
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December 10, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Today, in the stupid article title department...
How is this nonsense acceptable?
#painscience
#painresearch
#neuroscience
How is this nonsense acceptable?
#painscience
#painresearch
#neuroscience
Since an academic douche bothered to mock at this: Why do my colleagues and I call the nociceptive section of the nervous system, an apparatus, and not a ”system”? Chat GPT gives a very good answer here.
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#painskyence
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November 26, 2024 at 7:24 AM
Since an academic douche bothered to mock at this: Why do my colleagues and I call the nociceptive section of the nervous system, an apparatus, and not a ”system”? Chat GPT gives a very good answer here.
#painscience
#neuroscience
#painskyence
#painscience
#neuroscience
#painskyence
New and important systematic review of language errors in #painmedicine and #painscience by @rogerhilfiker.bsky.social and team. Sorry for giving you guys hard time as reviewer 2 😉 Well done!
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
November 24, 2024 at 8:23 AM
New and important systematic review of language errors in #painmedicine and #painscience by @rogerhilfiker.bsky.social and team. Sorry for giving you guys hard time as reviewer 2 😉 Well done!
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
In this new study the authors noted what I would call obvious adverse effects of pain neuroscience education, which we predicted in our 2022 paper. Strange that they didn’t cite it, as I know they are aware of it!
Link: shorturl.at/SZVJF
Our study: shorturl.at/grKD5
#painscience
#physio
Link: shorturl.at/SZVJF
Our study: shorturl.at/grKD5
#painscience
#physio
November 21, 2024 at 6:45 AM
In this new study the authors noted what I would call obvious adverse effects of pain neuroscience education, which we predicted in our 2022 paper. Strange that they didn’t cite it, as I know they are aware of it!
Link: shorturl.at/SZVJF
Our study: shorturl.at/grKD5
#painscience
#physio
Link: shorturl.at/SZVJF
Our study: shorturl.at/grKD5
#painscience
#physio
I created another feed. This one will be more academic and curated.
The only active hashtags are: #painscience #PainSkyence and #painskyence
Link to pin:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
The only active hashtags are: #painscience #PainSkyence and #painskyence
Link to pin:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 20, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I created another feed. This one will be more academic and curated.
The only active hashtags are: #painscience #PainSkyence and #painskyence
Link to pin:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
The only active hashtags are: #painscience #PainSkyence and #painskyence
Link to pin:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Yesterday’s lecture to Master’s students at Tel-Aviv Uni titled - “The Language and Logic of Pain”…Slide on the problem of Qualia in #neuroscience
Link to a blog I wrote a while back: shorturl.at/q9eVx
#painscience
#physio
Link to a blog I wrote a while back: shorturl.at/q9eVx
#painscience
#physio
November 20, 2024 at 10:41 AM
Yesterday’s lecture to Master’s students at Tel-Aviv Uni titled - “The Language and Logic of Pain”…Slide on the problem of Qualia in #neuroscience
Link to a blog I wrote a while back: shorturl.at/q9eVx
#painscience
#physio
Link to a blog I wrote a while back: shorturl.at/q9eVx
#painscience
#physio
New paper by @neiloconnell.bsky.social and team.
"Enhancing the trustworthiness of pain research: A Call to Action."
I think some points are missing, but I might have missed them in the first light reading. Overall, sentiment is clear, and I agree with it.
shorturl.at/vRDMq
#painscience #physio
"Enhancing the trustworthiness of pain research: A Call to Action."
I think some points are missing, but I might have missed them in the first light reading. Overall, sentiment is clear, and I agree with it.
shorturl.at/vRDMq
#painscience #physio
November 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
New paper by @neiloconnell.bsky.social and team.
"Enhancing the trustworthiness of pain research: A Call to Action."
I think some points are missing, but I might have missed them in the first light reading. Overall, sentiment is clear, and I agree with it.
shorturl.at/vRDMq
#painscience #physio
"Enhancing the trustworthiness of pain research: A Call to Action."
I think some points are missing, but I might have missed them in the first light reading. Overall, sentiment is clear, and I agree with it.
shorturl.at/vRDMq
#painscience #physio
New review: “Human molecular mechanisms of discogenic low back pain: A scoping review”
#painscience #physio
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
#painscience #physio
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
November 19, 2024 at 7:29 AM
New review: “Human molecular mechanisms of discogenic low back pain: A scoping review”
#painscience #physio
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
#painscience #physio
www.jpain.org/article/S152...
Mmm…how about…NO? This is a blatant conflation of pain and #nociception
#painscience
#painresearch
#physiotherapy
Open access: www.dovepress.com/on-including...
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#physiotherapy
Open access: www.dovepress.com/on-including...
November 17, 2024 at 1:56 PM
Mmm…how about…NO? This is a blatant conflation of pain and #nociception
#painscience
#painresearch
#physiotherapy
Open access: www.dovepress.com/on-including...
#painscience
#painresearch
#physiotherapy
Open access: www.dovepress.com/on-including...
Electromagnetic/RF sensitivity is a far fetched condition that can be easily assessed in scientific studies. This study examined previous data with 4 different sham conditions! Participants were unable to tell when RF was actually on or off. 🧪🛟
Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
September 24, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Electromagnetic/RF sensitivity is a far fetched condition that can be easily assessed in scientific studies. This study examined previous data with 4 different sham conditions! Participants were unable to tell when RF was actually on or off. 🧪🛟
Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Link: www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Humanity has been living with RF radiation for >80 yrs! This new review finds no evidence RF radiation increases risk for brain or childhood cancer. The sun however is ionizing radiation and definitely cancerous
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Link: rb.gy/bdae3d
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Link: rb.gy/bdae3d
September 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Humanity has been living with RF radiation for >80 yrs! This new review finds no evidence RF radiation increases risk for brain or childhood cancer. The sun however is ionizing radiation and definitely cancerous
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Link: rb.gy/bdae3d
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Link: rb.gy/bdae3d
GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic are wonder drugs and are changing medicine and public health as well as our understanding about the link between adiposity-chronic systemic inflammation and chronic pain states. Emerging evidence indicates its efficacy in treating chronic pain in humans 🧪
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September 17, 2024 at 5:50 AM
GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic are wonder drugs and are changing medicine and public health as well as our understanding about the link between adiposity-chronic systemic inflammation and chronic pain states. Emerging evidence indicates its efficacy in treating chronic pain in humans 🧪
encr.pw/bo6Iz
encr.pw/bo6Iz
The first combined transplant of a face and an eye with a partial restoration of sight. Quite crazy…
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September 15, 2024 at 5:04 PM
The first combined transplant of a face and an eye with a partial restoration of sight. Quite crazy…
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jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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It is established that men and women have different tendencies for diseases, and that males are more likely to get viral infections than women.
A study of trans men using testosterone therapy, found that testosterone weakens IFN-I signalling, which increases the risk of viral infection 🧪
A study of trans men using testosterone therapy, found that testosterone weakens IFN-I signalling, which increases the risk of viral infection 🧪
September 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM
It is established that men and women have different tendencies for diseases, and that males are more likely to get viral infections than women.
A study of trans men using testosterone therapy, found that testosterone weakens IFN-I signalling, which increases the risk of viral infection 🧪
A study of trans men using testosterone therapy, found that testosterone weakens IFN-I signalling, which increases the risk of viral infection 🧪
Scientists discovered that spinal cord injury activates T cells, leading to inflammation and neuronal death and that editing the T cell receptor with mRNA suppressed this response, promoting recovery from the injury in mice 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 9, 2024 at 4:51 AM
Scientists discovered that spinal cord injury activates T cells, leading to inflammation and neuronal death and that editing the T cell receptor with mRNA suppressed this response, promoting recovery from the injury in mice 🧪
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The future of medical imaging? Researchers turned the skin of mice transparent with yellow food colorant Tartarazin (yellow M&Ms) 🧪
Link: t.co/UnO9yiRcj9
Link: t.co/UnO9yiRcj9
September 8, 2024 at 6:45 AM
The future of medical imaging? Researchers turned the skin of mice transparent with yellow food colorant Tartarazin (yellow M&Ms) 🧪
Link: t.co/UnO9yiRcj9
Link: t.co/UnO9yiRcj9