Clinical term

Neuropathic pain

Neuropathic pain is pain caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system.

Scientific basis

Neuropathic pain corresponds to a precise clinical definition. It can be associated with various sensations: burning, electric shocks, tingling, numbness, hypersensitivity. However, none of these symptoms taken in isolation is enough to establish that a pain is neuropathic.

Blue Portance / SBNFA™ reading

SBNFA™ does not seek to explain neuropathic pain through mechanics alone. It distinguishes the neurological mechanism of the pain from the mechanical conditions of the nerve's environment, which may include gliding, relative mobility, position, repeated stress, duration of exposure and the variability of configurations.

Contribution to the analysis of sitting

When pain appears or increases in the seated position, observing where support is located, how long a position is held, whether movement is possible and how symptoms change from one position to another can provide functional information. On its own, however, this does not make it possible to determine the neurological mechanism responsible for the pain.

Not to be confused with

Nociceptive pain, related to the activation of nociceptors; central sensitization, a distinct neurophysiological mechanism; pudendal neuralgia, a specific clinical presentation.

Sources and scope

This entry does not replace a clinical evaluation.