The Pain PT News
Making Changes in Your Subconscious System To Heal
This article really encapsulates many aspects of my mind-body treatment program for chronic pain and chronic health ailments. As Dr. Sarno states in his best selling books, we are talking about the subconscious…
Some Signs and Symptoms of Too Much Stress (TMS)
Not many people think of TMS- Too Much Stress as the culprit in their chronic health ailment. The medical establishment is too fixated on structural findings, which we know have poor correlations with…
Let the Body Do It’s Thing
This article highlights what I have felt for a long while- the body knows what its doing so let it do it. In this case, researchers are finding out ice is not really helpful for injuries. In fact it may…
Movement is Medicine
Getting moving is one of the best ways to deal with persistent pain or symptoms. Here I go over some interesting research about exercising and chronic pain. You may be surprised by the findings here- is…
Interoception- What is it and why is it important with Chronic Pain?
Interoception does not refer to the game of NFL football (: It is the medical scientific term for "awareness of inner body sensations, involving the sensory process of receiving, accessing and appraising…
FREE Upcoming Online SIRPA Summit for Chronic Pain
October 10th, 2019, SIRPA will be presenting a FREE online summit for chronic pain. There will be multiple speakers, including myself. We are all SIRPA practitioners helping people with chronic pain. If…
Talking Healing with Georgie Oldfield, SIRPA founder
I had the pleasure to speak to UK based Georgie Oldfield, Physiotherapist and SIRPA founder. Georgie is a leader in the mind-body field. She has written a book: "Chronic Pain: Your Key To Recovery" and…
Chronic Pain and Athletes
I did an interview with Eddy Lindenstein of The Mind and Fitness Podcast about the role of the mind in athletes with chronic or recurring pain. Have a listen if you're inclined- I go over some of the research…
Your Brain Wave State is One of the Keys to Healing
I am big proponent using conscious mindfulness and self-awareness to teach the brain and body to relax and to put it into a healing state. I use it daily and teach it to others as a cornerstone to good…
The Key To Taming Chronic Pain is Learning to How to Reduce Stress
The one common denominator with chronic pain and other chronic health problems is an inability to activate the parasympathetic nervous system for long enough periods of time. Basically this means our nervous…
Retrain Our Brains to Tame Chronic Pain
Being a PT or physiotherapist as many call us in most parts of the world, I have had the chance to learn from some great fellow Physios. Two of them are mentioned in this article- Lorimer Moseley and David…
Feel it to Heal it- Learning to get in touch with your body
One of the big pieces of this healing program is What I call "feel it to heal it"- It is a process of openly feeling and accepting what our bodies are giving us- in terms of sensations, symptoms, and emotions.…
Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy
Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is one of the tools I use with chronic pain and other chronic health ailments. There is some building research around it that it may be more effective…
Emotional Awareness & Expression Therapy
Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) is one of the tools I use with chronic pain and other chronic health ailments. There is some building research around it that it may be more effective…
Stress is the cause of many chronic health ailments
Do you know that 75% to 90% of all doctor's office visits are for stress-related ailments and complaints?
https://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/effects-of-stress-on-your-body
Stress is…
Re-Shaping Your Brain’s Response to Pain
One of the tools I use to work with chronic pain and other chronic health issues is EAET ( Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy). We know chronic pain is not only a sensory feeling in the the body,…
Brain Shapes Pain and Links Ouch With Emotion
NPR piece on the Brain and Pain- We know the brain is intimately involved with chronic pain and other chronic health issues. We also know the definition of pain is a "sensory and emotional experience".…
Helpful messages for those of you with Chronic Low Back Pain
See the video here.
The weird power of the placebo effect, explained
What we believe has a huge impact on our pain. The placebo is the brain effect and we should use it to our advantage to heal. Interesting read!
Read article here.
Understanding the Brain-Pain Approach
Have a look at my Brain-Pain approach to understand some of the science and understanding behind the three step process I take to get people out of pain and back to doing the things they love!
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