How Chronic Pain Gets Stuck in the Nervous System
Back pain and other chronic pain can be managed with pain reprocessing therapy. Alan Gordon’s book The Way Out can teach you how to retrain your brain to manage chronic pain Interview with Author Alan Gordon: https://youtu.be/fMwQsuPXODk The Pain Psychology Center: https://painpsychologycenter.com/ The Way Out book: https://a.co/d/053sW1L0 Chronic Pain Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiUrrIiqidTXq4l8CetR1bQqoQfONrh4c Somatic Tracking Exercise: https://youtu.be/HeNRMr8uJbI Learn the skills to Regulate your Emotions, join the membership: https://courses.therapyinanutshell.com/membership Chronic pain isn't "just in your head"—it's often neuroplastic pain caused by a nervous system stuck in a danger-pain cycle. Discover Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) from Alan Gordon's book, The Way Out. Learn the 7 techniques to retrain your brain and find relief from chronic back pain, neck pain, and headaches. Find out how somatic tracking and messages of safety can help you unlearn pain and heal your nervous system. 00:00 Alan Gordon’s Journey Healing Chronic Back Pain 00:59 Understanding Chronic Pain: Acute vs. Neuroplastic Pain 02:30 PRT: A Science-Backed Approach to Pain Management 04:19 Pain Management: How the Brain Creates Chronic Pain 09:18 Neuroplastic Pain Indicators 12:56 Chronic Pain Management: 3 Barriers to Healing Neuroplastic Pain 15:36 The Danger-Pain Cycle of Neuroplastic Pain 17:31 7 Pain Reprocessing Therapy Techniques to Turn Off Neuroplastic Pain 17:42 1. Make an evidence journal 18:40 2. Practice somatic tracking 20:11 3. Use avoidance behaviors wisely 21:24 4. Give your brain messages of safety 22:07 5. Handle uncertainty: “It’s going to be okay.” 22:35 6. Catch your fears 23:37 7. Embrace positive sensations in the body 24:43 Reprocessing Neuroplastic Pain is a Process Looking for affordable online counseling? My sponsor, BetterHelp, connects you to a licensed professional from the comfort of your own home. Try it now for 10% off your