Physical Therapy Learn how physical therapy can help you manage your pain, so that you can live your best days. My Role I do not offer physical therapy, but I think it is important. In the context of pain management, I offer three primary services: Pain Management Massage, Pain Management Coaching, and Massage Instruction. Pain
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Learn how cognitive behavior therapy can help you manage your pain, and ways for you to access the mental health resources you need. My Role I do not offer cognitive behavioral therapy or psychological counseling, but I think they are important. In the context of pain management, I offer three primary services:
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Neuron Learn what neurons are and their role in the management of your pain. What is a Neuron? What is a neuron? For many of us, it has been a while since we last took a biology class, so it is completely fair to ask this question. A neuron is a nerve cell. A nerve cell
Coping Strategies Learn how actively participating in your pain management can enhance the benefits of your coping strategies. When you take part in your own pain management, you begin using practical strategies you can return to each day. This can include gradual movement, pacing your activities, learning more about how pain works, and gently rebuilding
Bioplasticity What is Bioplasticity? Bioplasticity refers to the body’s ability to adapt across all its systems. Soft tissues, bone, blood vessels, and metabolic processes all respond to the demands placed on them. These adaptations can be structural or functional. Structural changes include alterations in tissue size, density, or composition. Functional changes include shifts in how
Multiple Protective Systems Learn how pain arises from multiple protective systems and how you can use this information to manage it. Multiple Protective Systems The brain uses multiple protective systems other than pain. Pain isn’t the only way our brain protects us; it also uses endocrine, immune, motor, cognitive, and autonomic nervous system responses to promote
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The Brain Creates Pain What people often call stored trauma isn’t held in the muscles or fascia. Instead, it’s patterns in the brain (neurotags): networks of neurons that link sensation, emotion, meaning, and protection. We may consciously feel these patterns in our body, but the brain creates pain. IASP In 2020, the IASP redefined it
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DIM SIM Balance Learn how pain is dependent on our DIM SIM balance, harmony between safety and danger. DIM SIM Balance Pain looks after you, but can also become overprotective –You can be sore, but safe. DIMs represent danger in me, while SIMs mean safety in me. Both are important for survival. DIMs are beneficial when
Danger Sensors Our body has danger sensors, not pain sensors. Understanding this cracks the code and unlocks the door to effective pain management. Danger Sensors Tissue damage doesn’t have to be present to experience pain – Pain is never detected, it is only produced – Pain nerves, pathways, and signals do not exist – Our
Knowledge Liberates Knowledge liberates us from suffering, pain, and anguish. Understanding why and how it hurts is therapy. Education is Therapy Understanding what pain is and how it works helps you predict it and manage it in the moment. In pain management, knowledge is power. Knowledge Liberates Knowledge can help free us from our woe,
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