Psychological Treatment: How Brain Changes Can Heal The Body - AI Podcast
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health · Dr. Joseph Mercola
June 21, 20257m 27s
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Story at-a-glance
- Two-thirds of chronic back pain sufferers became pain-free or nearly pain-free after just four weeks of pain reprocessing therapy
- Psychological therapy rewires how your brain processes pain, reducing activity in brain regions that amplify fear and threat
- A large clinical trial found that belief shifts — specifically learning that pain isn't a sign of injury — were strongly tied to lasting relief from chronic back pain
- Functional MRI scans confirmed that therapy changed not just symptoms, but the brain's physical pain networks and emotional circuits
- You can begin retraining your brain at home using CBT-based strategies, guided movement, and tools that target fear-pain loops