Recent advances in pain science have taught us that, in order to solve chronic pain, you must holistically address the physical, psychological, and relational elements that go with it. It sounds pretty complicated, but what does that type of healing really look like? In this blog I share one of my all-time favorite client case studies that demonstrates how multidimensional this work can be, and the powerful transformation that awaits when you commit to this type of journey.
Read MoreWhat if chronic pain was mainly bad information? When we’re in pain, our tendency is to search for structural reasons for the pain — is there disc degeneration, a torn ligament, an abnormality in a joint? Studies have shown though that most structural damage is not the cause of chronic pain, and that pain processing shifts over time to the parts of our brain associated with memory, learning & emotion. We “learn” to be in chronic pain. And if we can learn to be in chronic pain, we can also unlearn it. Read on to learn more.
Read MoreThe systems we’ve designed (both macro and micro) are all being strained - and in some cases are breaking - in response to challenges that are more complex than ever. Our focus on maximizing activity and productivity at the expense of rest, self care, and not-doing creates fragile systems that more-easily succumb to the pressures of new challenges. So how can we improve our adaptive capacity and learn to flex and respond to the stress tests we face?
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