The Pain PT News

My colleague and friend Dr. Schubiner’s new book, Unlearn Your Pain, offers an important and compassionate exploration of chronic pain, anxiety, fatigue, depression, and the powerful connection between…

When the brain and nervous system can settle, neuroplastic symptoms can settle. There are very real signs within us that signal we are moving from a stressed sympathetic state to a relaxed parasympathetic…

I wanted to share this video if you haven't seen it yet. Whether it be migraines, IBS, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, tinnitus, fatigue, arthritis, or many other neuroplastic conditions, there is one commonality…

I wanted to share a practice that I do and have honed over the years to elicit what's called the relaxation response. When we can get the relaxation response to activate we start to feel as you would imagine,…

I've spoke about these 2 branches of the nervous system many times. And the more I think about it, it keeps making more sense and simplifies down what can be a complex process in the brain. Stress from…

Changing the level of stress we experience can change the level of symptoms we experience. Neuroplastic symptoms are essentially symptoms of stress. So if we can get the stress down on the inside (our…

How you attend to neuroplastic symptoms can be a powerful mediator. Either increasing or reducing symptoms. This is because attention is a brain mechanism. When one attends to symptoms from a perception…

One of the most amazing things about neuroplastic symptoms is that as bad as they can feel, they are not actually dangerous. The symptoms come from perceptions of threat and danger at the brain level not…

I have been running some classes each month and next month for April (4 weeks) I am excited to be going over how to approach neuroplastic symptoms from a somatic/experiential angle. What this means is…

I recently did a recent YouTube video about 3 things that define neuroplastic symptoms. Neuroplastic symptoms are real bodily symptoms. The difference lies in the causes of neuroplastic symptoms vs. physical…

Defusing Perceived Threat and Danger With Neuroplastic Symptoms LIVE (and recorded) Class offered Wednesdays at 10:30am – 12:00pm Pacific Time March 4th – March 25th, 2026. Cost $150 4 Classes…

It’s naturally instinctive that we want symptoms to go down when they are up or they are feeling very intense. We try to do anything we can to make this happen. However, when it comes to neuroplastic…

When we think of the brain and its role in neuroplastic symptoms, we think of the threat and danger model. This model has been studied extensively and I will be presenting a 4 week course in March titled:…

I go over some of the reasons today how the brain produces and causes neuroplastic symptoms to persist.

Today I talk about neuroplastic symptoms from the fight, flight, freeze, fawn perspective and how these reactions from the brain produce physical symptoms in the body. Those symptoms are not harmful they're…

I will be teaching the BEAT Neuroplastic Symptoms Course for the 4 weeks of February. We start tomorrow and you can still sign-up and join in. Here is the link to do that. The classes will be recorded…

I'm looking forward to being on TMS RoundTable tomorrow. I welcome all of you to join in if you'd like. Here's the info below. THIS WEEK IN TMS ROUNDTABLE RECOVERY! LIVE Q&A: How to Show Up…

Medically unexplained symptoms, somatization, somatic symptom disorder, somatofrom disorders, bodily distress disorder, nociplastic symptoms, primary pain, etc. are all terms and diagnoses of what we now…

When people think of arthritis, they think joint and cartilage damage. It's the wear and tear of the joint lining that's the main cause of pain intensity and limitations the person has. Well this study…