Papers by Sarah Bouchard
EMC médecine physique, 2021
Une atteinte partielle des nerfs périphériques peut entraîner des phénomènes douloureux neuropath... more Une atteinte partielle des nerfs périphériques peut entraîner des phénomènes douloureux neuropathiques, associés à des troubles de la sensibilité, tels qu’une hypoesthésie tactile ou une allodynie mécanique. Si elles ne sont pas traitées, les douleurs neuropathiques peuvent devenir chroniques et affecter la qualité de vie des patient·e·s. La méthode de rééducation sensitive de la douleur est une technique non invasive qui permet d’évaluer et de traiter les troubles somesthésiques afin, essentiellement, de diminuer les douleurs neuropathiques spontanées – névralgie – et/ou provoquées – allodynie mécanique. Elle est enseignée depuis 2001 et compte, à ce jour, 1348 clinicien·ne·s de 42 pays d’origines différentes qui sont organisé·e·s en une communauté de pratique. Elle est fondée sur le concept novateur de la plasticité neuronale adaptative du système nerveux somatosensible et sur le renversement de certains mécanismes de sensibilisation, même de nombreuses années après l’apparition des troubles. Dans cette méthode, une grande place est donnée à l’évaluation de la sensibilité cutanée. Une cartographie précise de ces troubles de la sensibilité permet de mettre en œuvre un traitement rééducatif adapté, à l’aide d’une ou plusieurs des cinq techniques. L’enseignement d’exercices pluriquotidiens à réaliser à domicile et l’évaluation de l’évolution des symptômes sensitifs des patient·e·s sont ensuite effectués lors de chaque séance hebdomadaire.
eNewsSomatosens, 2020
This article aim to explain the somatosensory rehabilitation method used with patients having AB ... more This article aim to explain the somatosensory rehabilitation method used with patients having AB neurofibre lesion. It has been summarized for patients, therapists, and medical doctors.
Somatosens Rehab Neuropathic Pain by Sarah Bouchard
e-news Somatosens Rehab, 2020
To the readers of e-News Somatosens Rehab and to those who will read this article by reference, I... more To the readers of e-News Somatosens Rehab and to those who will read this article by reference, I am delighted to count you among this growing network and to notice that we share a common interest, namely the management of neuropathic pain and their symptoms via somatosensory rehabilitation.
Let me introduce myself. I am an occupational therapist working in a private clinic since 2014, also practicing with a physical and mental health clientele living with chronic pain.
Having a keen interest in understanding and managing pain, I completed a 2.5-year graduate certificate on chronic pain management at McGill University. Still not having satisfactory answers concerning the management of neuropathic pain after my graduation in 2018, I followed the training on somatosensory rehabilitation of pain the next year.
It was during this training that I saw great potential in the approach and came to realize that I could have used it with my past problematic cases of neuropathic pain. Unfortunately, their condition had been ignored/not treated effectively by all of the professionals in their file, due to a lack of knowledge.
Restless sleep by Sarah Bouchard
e-news somatosens rehab, 2020
There is every reason to believe it is an inflammation: a red, swollen, warmer hand or foot with ... more There is every reason to believe it is an inflammation: a red, swollen, warmer hand or foot with boiling-burning sensations in the joint. All these appalling symptoms leaving the person exhausted following a night of restless sleep. In Budapest, after three days of deliberations, a consensus meeting of 38 experts validated the precise diagnostic criteria of this syndrome: the Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). NOT incurable.
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Somatosens Rehab Neuropathic Pain by Sarah Bouchard
Let me introduce myself. I am an occupational therapist working in a private clinic since 2014, also practicing with a physical and mental health clientele living with chronic pain.
Having a keen interest in understanding and managing pain, I completed a 2.5-year graduate certificate on chronic pain management at McGill University. Still not having satisfactory answers concerning the management of neuropathic pain after my graduation in 2018, I followed the training on somatosensory rehabilitation of pain the next year.
It was during this training that I saw great potential in the approach and came to realize that I could have used it with my past problematic cases of neuropathic pain. Unfortunately, their condition had been ignored/not treated effectively by all of the professionals in their file, due to a lack of knowledge.
Restless sleep by Sarah Bouchard
Let me introduce myself. I am an occupational therapist working in a private clinic since 2014, also practicing with a physical and mental health clientele living with chronic pain.
Having a keen interest in understanding and managing pain, I completed a 2.5-year graduate certificate on chronic pain management at McGill University. Still not having satisfactory answers concerning the management of neuropathic pain after my graduation in 2018, I followed the training on somatosensory rehabilitation of pain the next year.
It was during this training that I saw great potential in the approach and came to realize that I could have used it with my past problematic cases of neuropathic pain. Unfortunately, their condition had been ignored/not treated effectively by all of the professionals in their file, due to a lack of knowledge.