When you've thrown everything at your pain with minimal results it can feel like you're staring down the most complicated math problem you can imagine (like this poor guy in the image). The good news? Advances in the neuroscience of pain over the last decade or two have helped us get a much better understanding about the core inputs that go into the pain experience. Pain is, in many ways, a simple equation that your nervous system puts together, and if you learn what that is you can take the fuel out of the pain experience. Learn more about that equation here.
Read MorePain can be a tricky thing to solve, especially when you’re dealing with long-term, chronic pain conditions. If your pain is relatively new, or the result of a recent injury, the clear order of the day is to simply be patient and do what’s needed to let your body heal. But if you’ve been challenged by more complex, chronic pain, the foundation of healing rests on one key thing: creating safety in your nervous system. Read on to learn some straightforward tools to help you do just that.
Read MoreSomatic Tracking is a cornerstone mindfulness practice in the Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) toolkit. By simply slowing down, helping your nervous system settle a bit, and gently paying attention to the details of what’s happening in your body & mind, you can help take the fuel out of your chronic pain (especially when your pain is neuroplastic, or pain that your brain learns to be in over time). Read here for a step-by-step Somatic Tracking process you can try on your own.
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