When something hurts, our natural assumption is simple: “If it hurts, I must be damaging it.” Sometimes that's true. But especially after an injury, pain and tissue damage aren't nearly as closely linked as most of us assume. One of our favorite ways to explain this comes from pain researchers Lorimer Moseley and David Butler. They call it the Twin Peaks Model. And understanding it can completely change how you think about recovering from an injury. Butler and Moseley's Twin