Pain is a universal human experience, but have you considered that it is always a product of our own brain, regardless of whether it’s acute or chronic pain? In chronic pain, the brain keeps producing pain, even though experts tell us that most anything in the body will have healed in 3-6 months’ time. That’s why medication and surgery are usually not a great option for chronic pain, but “retraining” your brain and nervous system is. It’s easy to see why we would feel down and stressed when we’re experiencing persistent pain, which creates a negative spiral, since these feelings are also brain impulses and producing more pain. So after getting the go-ahead from your physician, an active approach like bodywork/massage and appropriate exercise is often the most effective approach to combat chronic pain.

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