A study that has come about as a result of observations made during the development of my work Somatic Drifts whilst Artist-in-Residence, Affiliate Researcher, Sansom Institute, Body in Mind, University of South Australia and School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University Western Australia through ANAT’s Synapse residency.

This paper provides preliminary evidence of therapeutic effects arising from the experience of an embodiment illusion in participants with low back pain.

Published in Muscoloskeletal Science Journal, Volume 39, February 2019, “Embodying the illuson of a strong fit back, a pilot proof of concept study” by Nishigami, Martin Wand, Newport, Ratcliff, Themelis, Moen, Jones, Moseley and Stanton. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2018.07.002d