CHRONIC PAIN 

Improve Your Quality of life

 If you or a loved one is living with chronic pain, you know how it can wreak havoc on every part of you life. It is not just dealing with the physical pain that is so difficult, but also coping with the tremendous toll it takes emotionally, socially, professionally and spiritually.  

I am committed to helping improve your quality of life by assisting you in untangling this pain trap. 

Here is what I mean by the "pain trap". The brain responds to threat (pain is an internal threat) by engaging in survival strategies that are located in the primitive area of the brain stem, which then signal to the amygdala (the 'smoke detector' of the brain) to sound the alarm that something is wrong. Once this fear response is activated, our bodies tense up in order to brace against the threat. If this bracing and constriction become chronic (which it often does with pain), bracing against the pain actually causes pain to increase in intensity. 

To complicate and frustrate matters, when the amygdala is activated, it shuts down the ability to think clearly and gain perspective, which can often leave you feeling helpless and hopeless. 

Here is how the cycle works: threat => fear => brace => constrict=> pain => collapse =>  If the treat of pain is not interrupted, then the cycle continues, deepening the distress and causing further physical, emotional and social hardships.

Our work together involves interrupting this pain cycle by quieting the fear response, relaxing through the bracing reaction, and increasing your ability to relate the felt sense of the body in a gentle and nurturing manner.  

Contact me today to start your road to a better quality of life. 

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