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Learn more about Primary Chronic Pain
Changing Your Mind: Chronic Pain and the Brain
Actor/Producer Vince Vaughn and acclaimed pioneers in neuroscience, medicine and psychology, are featured in a newly-released documentary, “Changing Your Mind: Chronic Pain and The Brain,” analyzing how the brain could be the solution to treating chronic pain without requiring medication or surgery. Directed by Alison Chernick and produced by TheMindBody.Org Founder Marjorie Heule.
Books on Healing Chronic Pain
Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by John Sarno, MD
Unlearn your Pain by Howard Schubiner, MD
They Can’t Find Anything Wrong by David Clarke, MD
Think Away Your Pain: Your Brain is the Solution to Your Pain by David Schechter, MD
Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain by David Hanscom, MD
Podcasts on Healing Chronic Pain
Tell me about your pain: A podcast where real chronic pain sufferers meet science-backed solutions
Hosts Alan Gordon, LCSW and Alon Ziv provide chronic pain sufferers with education around chronic pain and Pain Reprocessing Therapy. Listen as they respond to the experiences of real chronic pain sufferers and provide techniques based on the latest neuroscience to help clients overcome chronic pain.
Documentaries and Videos on Chronic Pain
This Might Hurt: A Documentary About Healing Chronic Pain
This Might Hurt is a documentary that offers solutions to reduce and unlearn chronic pain. The film follows three chronic pain patients who have spent years searching for answers. Desperate for relief, they enter a new medical program — run by Dr. Howard Schubiner — that focuses on uncovering hidden causes of pain, and retraining their brains to switch the pain off.
This new paradigm for diagnosis and treatment was found to be effective in several randomized trials, and was listed as a “best practice” by the HHS’s task force to combat the opioid epidemic. This Might Hurt provides an intimate exploration and suggests a path to healing for millions.
Additional Resources
Find a list of songs scientifically proven to reduce stress and anxiety here. This list includes “Weightless” by Marconi Union, as well as other songs proven to reduce anxiety.
References
For a list of scientific references on chronic pain, the role of the brain in pain, and evidence based techniques for treating chronic pain including Pain Reprocessing Therapy, Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy, and Somatic therapies, please click here.
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