Pain and Perception 2026

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Understanding and Treating Persistent Pain through Predictive Processing and Embodied Cognition

with Josh Fein-Brown M.Ost, M.Sc, ND and Danny Orchard M.Ost, M.Sc

Course Dates:‍

12-13 Sept | 24-25 Oct | 28-29 Nov

Price:

£300 per weekend | £750 for the full three-weekend course
Students/recent graduates: £250 per weekend | £600 full course

Please note: Attendance at weekend 1 is required to attend weekends 2 and 3. Places for weekends 2-3 are limited!

Location: Core Clapton, 161 Northwold Road, London, E5 8RL

Pain is often misunderstood as simply a signal of tissue damage. Modern neuroscience shows that pain is a complex perceptual experience shaped by the nervous system, beliefs, context, memory and emotion.

This three-weekend course explores contemporary models of pain, including predictive processing, embodied cognition and pain neuroscience, helping clinicians better understand and support patients living with persistent pain.

Through a combination of lectures, discussion and supervised clinical practice with real patients, participants will develop practical skills for assessing and treating chronic pain in a compassionate, evidence-informed way.

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What the course covers

Across three weekends participants will explore:

Weekend 1 – Pain as Perception
Introduction to the neuroscience of pain, predictive processing and embodied cognition, and how psychological and contextual factors shape the pain experience.

Weekend 2 – Pain Assessment
Understanding nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic pain, central sensitisation, neuroimmune interactions and how to assess complex pain presentations in clinical practice.

Weekend 3 – Treating Pain
Practical approaches to pain management including pain neuroscience education, communication strategies, exercise prescription, mindfulness and hands-on neuromodulation techniques.

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Who is this course for?

This course is designed for:

• Osteopaths and manual therapists
• Clinicians interested in modern pain science
• Practitioners looking to integrate a biopsychosocial approach into their hands-on clinical practice

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Testimonials:

"The course has been invaluable to help me understand how to differentiate between the different types of pain affecting patients. The knowledge gained was deepened with an excellent practical - using our new skills to help real patients, under expert supervision from the course leaders. I can highly recommend Pain and Perception.” Christina Lenz

"It was an incredibly rewarding weekend of study and with a unique opportunity to work with real patients struggling with chronic pain. I feel it was clearly explained that how a patient understands and relates to their pain will have a significant impact on the intensity of their symptoms. It feels like a key piece of my tool kit when working with more complex patients. Danny and Josh were able to demonstrate brilliant communication skills and clinical reasoning while taking a live case history in front of us and it was possible to apply what we learnt with our own patients just hours after. For this reason it has been the best CPD course I have ever done! Ruby Hyde-Saddington

"The course offered a truly engaging and thought provoking experience. While it presented its fair share of challenges, I found the material both accessible and relevant. Many of the concepts introduced I’ve tried to integrate into my own practice, sparking fresh conversations with patients and providing me with practical tools to help guide them towards more comfortable activity and less worry about pain. I would highly recommend this course to others." David Davies

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