Chronic Pain Doc
@studies_pain
Helping people get out of pain | Creator of the Neural Pain Program | Backed by years of clinical research | DM “PAIN” to start
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Your MRI shows “degeneration”? That’s normal aging—not a reason for pain. Back pain is more driven by stress than just physical factors.
This is the brain of a patient with IBS. The brain signature is similar to other chronic pain conditions, indicating a learned pattern. Treating IBS requires (re)training the brain.
Chronic pain is rarely just about “damage.” It’s about the meaning your brain assigns to neutral sensations. Shift the meaning & you can shift the pain.
Personality traits linked to chronic pain: • Perfectionism • Agreeableness • Hypervigilance
Please don’t accept back pain. There’s no age at which it’s “normal.” Too many people resign themselves to pain just because their doctor has run out of answers.
The way pain is treated in our healthcare system is a disgrace. Patients get trapped in meds, therapies, surgeries. They treat symptoms, not the person in pain.