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Pain neuroscience
Rewiring Pain
By G C Anthony
What the science of the nervous system tells us about persistent pain, and how understanding it can change the way it is felt and lived with.
From the opening
If you are reading this, chances are you have lived with pain longer than anyone ever expected, possibly longer than you expected.
You may have tried to be patient. You may have tried to be brave. You may have rested, pushed through, stretched, strengthened, medicated, waited.
Let us start here, clearly and gently: you are not broken. Pain is not a personal failure. It is not weakness. It is not a character flaw.
Pain is a signal, a powerful one. And signals can change.
A nervous system that has learned pain can also learn safety.Rewiring Pain
Hope does not mean promising a pain-free life. Hope means restoring choice.Rewiring Pain
A nervous system that feels threatened tightens muscles, sharpens attention and heightens sensation. That isn't imagined. It is physiology, and safety can be learned.
