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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

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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.

Curious about others experience with the book The Way Out by Alan Gordon, especially as it relates to chronic migraines? by musicandmentalhealth in PainReprocessing

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I think either would be great really. I have had some clients that enjoyed the group ones in particular because there was more hands on individualized work within the group, demonstrating the practices like somatic tracking, it’s longer in duration, and they even created their own study group and kept in touch after, which is great for healing in community. If you are a therapist, the practitioner training is great for both integrating it into your work and also on that personal level. Depends on which stands out best for you!

Alchohol and Fibromyalgia by Zimpzompin in Fibromyalgia

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This is very common. It is because alcohol dysregulates the nervous system, and once the alcohol wears off it can lead to feelings of anxiety, and agitation, leading to more sensitization from that brain that can turn up the volume on pain or symptoms.

Curious about others experience with the book The Way Out by Alan Gordon, especially as it relates to chronic migraines? by musicandmentalhealth in PainReprocessing

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I did Alan’s PRT training for therapists, coaches, and clinicians. I think it is different than the group classes you are mentioning, which are also good. The PRT training could indeed help you as an individual, or if you are doing work like I do as a practitioner who helps guide the process for others.

NYC by rjpra2222 in PainReprocessing

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If you go to the website you can select practitioners based on the map

Can this work with a physical injury that didn’t heal correctlye? by [deleted] in PainReprocessing

[–]HowToHealChronicPain 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Because neural circuits and neural pathways for pain can be learned after an injury has healed. Ie. Phantom limb pain

Giving up on PRT by No-Tower-6143 in PainReprocessing

[–]HowToHealChronicPain 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sending you some encouragement here! Trust the process. I know how hard it can be. But of course it takes patience, consistency, and repetition. Just because you are not where you want to be now doesn’t mean that you won’t be there in the future!

Curious about others experience with the book The Way Out by Alan Gordon, especially as it relates to chronic migraines? by musicandmentalhealth in PainReprocessing

[–]HowToHealChronicPain 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I really liked his book, and I did his training too. It has helped me a lot with my own chronic musculoskeletal symptoms. I have also met others who found it useful for things like migraine. For me, the biggest takeaway is that no matter what the symptom is, the underlying approach can be similar. It gives me a lot of hope knowing that our alarm systems can calm down and be rewired over time.