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Hope for Healing Chronic Pain with Yoni Ashar
Hope for Healing Chronic Pain with Yoni Ashar
Hope for Healing Chronic Pain with Yoni Ashar
Friday 25th October 2024
Yoni Ashar discusses neuroplastic pain and Pain Reprocessing Therapy, offering new hope for those suffering from chronic pain.
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Episode Overview
- Fear and threat perception can maintain chronic pain.
- Neuroplastic pain is not due to physical damage but brain misperceptions.
- Somatic tracking involves creating safety around pain sensations.
- Pain Reprocessing Therapy can significantly reduce or eliminate chronic pain.
- Changing how we think about pain can lead to lasting relief.
The pain is absolutely 100% real. It is there, but what's causing it is loops in the brain, not signals from the body
Ever wondered if your chronic pain could be tackled differently? This episode of The One You Feed dives into the groundbreaking concept of neuroplastic pain with Yoni Ashar, a clinical psychologist and neuroscientist. Ashar's work with Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT) challenges traditional pain management techniques by focusing on the brain's role in pain perception. He explains how fear and threat perception can maintain pain and introduces somatic tracking as a way to rewire the brain's response to pain signals.
Ashar shares fascinating research that shows how chronic pain can shift from being processed in the brain's pain centres to areas associated with learning and habit formation. This shift means that chronic pain can persist even after the original injury has healed. By addressing these brain-based processes, PRT offers a new path to relief. The episode is filled with eye-opening studies, including one where PRT significantly reduced pain in participants, with some even becoming pain-free.
Ashar emphasises that the pain is real, but its root causes might lie in the brain's misperception of threat rather than physical damage. This approach not only offers hope for those suffering from chronic pain but also highlights the importance of changing how we think about and respond to pain. You'll also hear about the three components of somatic tracking and how creating a sense of safety around pain sensations can be transformative.
If you're dealing with chronic pain or know someone who is, this episode could be a game-changer. Tune in to learn more about how changing your brain's response to pain could lead to lasting relief.