Chronic Pain Support

Chronic pain is the reference term often used to describe many different psychophysiological disorders including (but not only limited to) IBS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, persistent headaches, and pelvic pain syndromes.

The term Psychophysiological Disorders (PPD) describes the types of physical pain, autoimmune illnesses, and chronic health conditions that are generated within the neural connections of the brain. The pain experienced with (PPD) is REAL pain, but it is not perpetuated from current structural damage within the body. This term references the interconnected relationship between psycho-logical processes (mind) and physio-logical processes (body). As mentioned before, conditions such as chronic pain, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, IBS, pelvic pain syndromes, and persistent migraine headaches are some of the chronic health conditions often associated with (PPD). The neuroplastic (malleable) nature of the human brain is designed to recognize and develop behavioral pattern loops. Therefore, the brain generates new neural pathway loops when learning and developing a new skill or interest. As well as when recognizing new fears and dangers.

Clinical research has revealed a strong correlation between traumatic stress, nervous system dysregulation, weakened immune systems, and the prevalence of chronic health conditions. Prolonged emotional stress can perpetuate the development of (PPD) by negatively impacting the body's immune system function. When the brain registers certain sensory factors as dangerous (fight or flight), it may then respond by developing a patterned “red flag” of recognition around the perceived threat. Which over time may evolve into a repeated behavioral loop within the brain. In summary, chronic pain is often related to the brain getting stuck in it’s own pain pattern loop. However, the silver lining is that if the neuroplastic brain is capable of learning new pain patterns, then it can unlearn them as well.

Therein lies the mechanism of healing.