13 Year Follow-up Study: MRI Findings with Chronic Back Pain
2020 study that looked at the association of MRI findings and long-term disability in chronic low back pain patients over a 13 year period. The goal was to assess whether long-term disability is associated…
Relax Into Instead of Resisting or Reacting To Chronic Pain
One of the biggest issues with chronic pain and other chronic health ailments is that the sympathethic fight or flight nervous system is commonly in overdrive. We need to learn to activate the parasympathetic…
No Particular Treatment is Better For Acute Low Back Pain
This was a systematic review for Acute low back pain. Basically nothing was shown to be better than the other. What it tells me is the body heals by itself, not by a certain treatment. We just need to…
Stress: The Biggest Cause of Health Complaints No One Addresses
Stress affects us in so many ways physically. Mental and emotional stress can be invisible to us as stress itself but it's clearly visible in the body as physical health symptoms. This is the most common…
Spinal Manipulation/Mobilization No Better Than Placebo
New study out- randomized clinical trial for chronic low back. The placebo in this study was a cold laser machine that wasn't even turned on!!!
More evidence to show chronic pain is more likely influenced…
Autonomic Nervous System Implications with Pain
One of the biggest things with chronic pain that is not looked at enough is autonomic nervous system dysregulation. This means the fight or flight stressed out sympathetic nervous system is usually in…
Fear is the Fuel that Keeps the Chronic Pain Alive
New paper just out looking at fear and its relationship to pain. Fear is the fuel for continued pain. Many times when we can cut out the fuel source we can cut out the pain. One of the keys is to learn…
The Role of the Brain in Osteoarthritis is Bigger than You Think
Wanted to share two review studies that really show why I target the brain directly when treating chronic conditions- in this case Osteoarthritis. Both articles here are systematic review studies, which…
Turning off the Amygdala Turns Off Pain
This new study really supports the approach I have here at The Pain PT- which is targeting the brain and nervous system for chronic pain relief. One of the biggest things I talk about is getting the limbic…
Forgiveness Can Shift Your Brain and Your Pain
One of the things I teach with people in chronic pain is forgiveness- of others, of past hurts, and most importantly yourself and your symptoms. We have research showing how forgiveness leads to positive…
