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Can we 'unlearn' chronic pain?

Can we 'unlearn' chronic pain?

Few sensations are as primal, as fundamental to our very survival, as pain. But for a fifth of Australian adults, that useful protective mechanism lingers as chronic pain — persistent aching, searing, stabbing sensations, which can be incredibly stressful and debilitating. What if you could dial down that pain — or even extinguish it altogether — by retraining your brain?

All In The Mind · Australian Broadcasting Corporation

August 13, 202230m 0s

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Show Notes

Few sensations are as primal, as fundamental to our very survival, as pain.

But for a fifth of Australian adults, that useful protective mechanism lingers as chronic pain — persistent aching, searing, stabbing sensations, which can be incredibly stressful and debilitating. 

What if you could dial down that pain — or even extinguish it altogether — by retraining your brain?

Topics

sana qadarbelinda smithall in the mindpsychologyhayley leakesteven fauxyoni asharchronic painchronic back paingraded sensorimotor retrainingpain reprocessing therapy