My next interview is with Neil O’Connell. You can find Neil on Twitter, online, and in the nightmares of chronic pain.

First off, tell us a little about Neil the person. Where are you from, what are your interests and hobbies?

I grew up in Essex on the borders of East London. For those who have no idea about that it’s a part of the world renowned for its sense of style, elegant yet understated and never, ever tacky or common. You can’t buy that kind of class and it’s possible you wouldn’t want to. I graduated as a PT in 19-something and have been teaching on the undergraduate and postgraduate physio programmes at Brunel University London since 2002. I do a bit of research here and there around chronic pain and evidence of effectiveness and have become more involved with the fabulous Cochrane Collaboration in recent times. I’ve been…