SCP Podcast Mini Series, Episode 15: Dr. Perry Nickelston - Overwhelming The Nervous System Makes You Worse
Stop Chasing Pain · Perry Nickelston
June 14, 202421m 10s
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Show Notes
It's very easy to overwhelm an already overwhelmed nervous system. Do too much therapy beyond the capacity for the nervous system to adapt and you hit healing plateaus or you get worse.
More isn't better, better is better. One of the biggest contributors to therapeutic failure is therapy overload. Therapeutic interventions are also stressors. This is one of the fundamental concepts that my patients need to understand to heal from chronic pain and auto-immune disease.
Is this happening to you?