Hip/Knee Arthritis Pain & Disability More Related to the Mind Than to the Body
Anyone wondering about knee or hip arthritis and it's relationship to the mind vs. the body- Here I go over a recent May 2021 study which (authors quote): "confirms that limitations and pain from osteoarthritis…
Study Validates the Connection Between Emotions, Pain and the Brain
Stumbled upon this 2020 study that really brings the mind-body connection into focus on many levels. These researchers took fMRI scans of the brain while inflicting a painful stimulus to the arm and at…
PTSD, COVID, & Sense of Threat Associated With Somatic Symptoms
With COVID, there has naturally been an elevated sense of stress and fear for many. Those who have had a history of PTSD already have been shown to have a high rates of physical somatic symptoms. This…
