t of tissue damaged (McCance and Huether, 1990). Both Pattern theory andSpecificity Theory are part of Linear model of pain which simply demonstrates thatnoxious stimulus such as tissue damage or injury results in the nerve tissues beingstimulated which causes painful sensation which causes a response or painfulbehavior (Adams and Bromley, 1998). The Specificity theory and Pattern theory are not sufficient in explaining theexperience of pain as the theorists fail to include any psychological aspects of pain.Adams and Bromley ,(1998) felt that the specificity theory does not see the individualdifference in how pain is perceived by people. Brannon and Feist (2000) alsoemphasize that this particular theory declines to incorporate how pain is feltthroughout the society. Melzack and Wall, (1984 )claims that soldiers who wereseverely injured during the wars reported experiencing little or no pain for days afterthe injury while people with chronic pain show unbearable amount of pain eventhough they have no detectable injury to body tissue. Adams and Bromley (1998)illustrates that if severity of injury was seen as amount of pain experienced then painrelief would be given according to the amount of injury , not according to the personwho had sustained the injury , regardless of how the person conveys their pain .Hence clients with chronic pain would be seen as ‘crocks’ as they have no visibleinjury or damaged tissue and will not treated with analgesics and would be rejectedby doctors (Bond, 1984). Melzack and Wall proposed the idea of Gate Control theory in 1965. This newtheory was against the idea of Liner model as the theorist believed that painperception is influenced by a number of factors which begins in the spinal cord.Melzack and Wall highlighted that pain messages are carried by the specific nervefibres that can be blocked before reaching the brain by the actions of other nerves andpsychological factors (Branno...
