Johns Hopkins Confirms: Pain Can Persist Long After the Body Heals
Researchers at Johns Hopkins discovered that once the brain learns to associate certain sensations with danger, it can keep generating pain even after the injury is gone. The good news: the brain can unlearn it too.
Stanford Reduced Chronic Back Pain in Just One 2-Hour Class
A two-hour neuroscience education class at Stanford helped chronic pain patients reduce symptoms as much as weeks of therapy. Understanding how the brain misinterprets signals allowed participants to feel safe again—and that’s when the pain subsided.
Mayo Clinic Explains How Chronic Pain Persists, Even Without Injury
One of the most confusing aspects of chronic back pain is this: “If the injury is gone… why does the pain remain?” Many people struggle for years with back pain that makes no mechanical sense. Scans show nothing new. Treatments fail. The body should be healed - but the pain continues.
The Angry Child Inside You
Sometimes the pain isn’t coming from your body, but from the child within you who never felt safe to express anger or sadness. When we finally listen to that voice with compassion, the body no longer needs to carry the message as pain.
The Harder You Try to Fix It, The Worse It Gets
The endless search for fixes—new stretches, supplements, devices—often keeps the brain focused on danger. Real recovery begins when you stop trying to “fight” the pain and start teaching your brain that it’s safe to relax again.
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