UNDERSTANDING NEUROPLASTIC PAIN AND SYMPTOMS
From a young age, we've been taught that bodily discomfort is always linked to a structural or medical issue that requires physical remedies. However, according to current neuroscience, the reality is quite different. Research indicates that pain and many non-pain symptoms are frequently not caused by physical structures, but rather by established neural pathways in the brain. This phenomenon is referred to as Neuroplastic pain and symptoms.
For example, The New England Journal Of Medicine on Structural Abnormalities in the Back, found that 64% of people with NO back pain have disc bulges, protrusions, herniations, or disc degeneration. This study demonstrates that structural changes are NORMAL and usually UNRELATED to pain.
"Pain is like a conversation between your body and your brain. But as in any conversation, sometimes there are misunderstandings."
Alan Gordon, LCSW, The Way Out
Pain and other physical discomforts such as dizziness, fatigue, and tinnitus act as safeguards in our brain and nervous system. They serve as vital warning signals for potential threats to our body, and urge us to change our behavior to avoid further injury. You can think of pain like a fire alarm going off in your home when it senses smoke.
The brain, however, can become over-protective and misinterpret signals, activating pain and other non-pain symptoms in the absence of structural causes, or persisting long after an injury has healed. The fire alarm, previously triggered only by smoke, has become overly sensitive and now goes off whenever you cook anything in the kitchen.
This misunderstanding between your body and your brain leads to the manifestation of neuroplastic symptoms, also referred to as Tension Myositis Syndrome (TMS) or Mind-Body Syndrome (MBS).
To reduce or eliminate symptoms, we need to help our brain and nervous system reintrepret signals from our body correctly. We achieve this with the help of techniques such as Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT). PRT is at the core of what we do within the Rewired For Wellness program.
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