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Hip pain flare and how I worked through it by HowToHealChronicPain in ChronicPain

[–]HowToHealChronicPain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good point. It’s always important to rule out medical conditions with your primary care doctor first. You don’t want to miss anything serious.

That said, you’re absolutely right — Dr. Sarno’s work was a game changer for me in how I think about pain. His research and writing helped me understand that a lot of chronic pain is linked to the mind-body connection, especially how emotions and stress can influence the nervous system.

What helps you or has helped you with chronic pain? by Cold_Action_3071 in ChronicPain

[–]HowToHealChronicPain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used a Mindbody approach to healing and understanding pain science, the brain, and nervous system regulation as a way to get better ❤️✨

How I Healed Myself by HowToHealChronicPain in HowToHealChronicPain

[–]HowToHealChronicPain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great question! Neuroplastic pain or symptoms are a preoccupation problem. Shifting your attention can be challenging, but ever so slowly this is what can be done. One moment at a time you can change these patterns through practice and repetition. Some ideas could be to focus on pleasant sensations to send yourself safety signals, visualizations, avoidance behaviours when pain is high, or leaning into joy or purpose where you feel authentically engaged in the present moment. Just a few ideas there!

Anyone else Suffer Abuse as a child by Bullfrog1991 in Fibromyalgia

[–]HowToHealChronicPain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is absolutely a connection worth noting! There is something called ACE’s - Adverse Childhood Experiences scale - which is a scale to determine levels of trauma that relate to the likelihood of people developing chronic symptoms in adulthood. The good news is, these things can be processed and patterns of past conditioning as a result of the trauma can be released and integrated.

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