Understanding how pain works and where it comes from is one of the most important pieces of the puzzle when it comes to solving your own pain issues. Pain can be very frightening for people because they generally associate pain with damage, but this is not necessarily true. Today, my goal is to introduce you to pain science to help you learn about what pain is, where it comes from, and why it exists in the first place.
We cover these 4 main concepts:
- Pain lives in the brain
- Pain does not equal injury and injury does not equal pain
- The severity of your pain does not dictate the severity of your problem
- Just because you have pain does not mean you have a mechanical problem
Pain is a signal. It is a protective output. The goal of the pain is to get you to change your behavior in some way. So you have to ask yourself, 'what is the protective reason for my pain?'
I discuss a variety of factors that may contribute to your pain experience, a study on low back imaging of people with bulging discs or disc degeneration yet they had no pain, a story of a young gymnast with chronic back pain years after her original injury, and a review of The Threat Bucket as an educational tool to help you identify areas of your life that may be contributing to your pain experience.
Free Resources:
Whenever you're ready here's how we can help you:
- Become an expert in problem solving movement and pain issues with our beginner neuro course, Neuro Foundations
- Master applied neurology so you can feel confident you can help anyone who walks through your door by joining our advanced neuro course, The Neuro Dojo
