Chronic pain is a huge health problem, and is expected to cost the western world as much as diabetes and cancer combined.  Dr David Butler and Professor Lorimer Moseley have pioneered the understanding and treatment of chronic pain internationally and, luckily for us, they live right here in Australia and work at the University of South Australia.  Their latest research tells us that educating patients in the science of chronic pain is the single most important thing we can do to help their recovery^.