How to combine emotional and cognitive work to help chronic pain patients?

[@hew195050]

so it CAN get worse when you start doing this work! Ah, I kinda wondered because mine has. Unbearable So it's calming to know this may be part of the process. Whew. I literally was getting my things in order to check out. I figured, see! nothing works for me!

[@ThisMightHurt]

Yes it often and "up and down" process with a overall positive trend. And sometimes symptoms getting worse because of starting emotional work can be further evidence that pain, fatigue, etc are driven by fear and emotions. If they were structural-damage based they usually wouldn't change quite as much. We are wishing you well on your journey. Take care.

[@Truerealism747]

You will be ok been doing this stuff 18 month slow job ft or me had tmd got 25 years last few days pain felt same as before but I was 30 percent better for few months losing the fear in pain I'sdo hard

[@aliciatolentino7577]

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[@PropheticCoachTheresa]

Thank you and God bless you for producing this film, one and all :)

[@kent.bassett]

@praising servant Thanks so much!

[@FortheBudgies]

I'd really just like to find a doctor to help actually find the cause of the pain instead of figuring out how to cope with the pain the medical community refuses to put in the work to diagnose.

[@ThisMightHurt]

@FortheBudgies If you're looking for a mind-body-informed physician to help you differentiate mind-body causes from structural-injury causes, we can recommend Rebecca Kennedy MD and John Stracks MD. Wishing you luck! -Kent

[@ThisMightHurt]

It's worth mentioning that according to the literature, about 80% of chronic pain conditions are not caused by structural injuries... Most doctors just look for some kind of physical injury that could possibly explain symptoms, and if they don't find anything, they have nothing helpful to offer unfortunately.

[@FortheBudgies]

@@ThisMightHurt I went to a chiropractor 2x a week for 6 months. They did soft tissue work that did help some issues but none of the adjustments did anything and they gave me zero ideas of what was causing my pelvic pain. That was my reason for referral and my 6 month assessment was all about how my neck was different. Zero assessment of what I came in for was changed. Never went back.