It sounds strange to say there’s an emotional dynamic we have with illness or pain conditions, but it’s absolutely true. Anything we must interact with on a daily basis, which affects our life, causes loss, frustration and alienation, which demands our attention and which we strive to understand, we end up in a relationship with.[…]
Pain science has made great strides in the last few years. More and more pain is being understood as a complex phenomenon which is governed not by what is happening at the site of the uncomfortable sensation, but what is happening in the brain. “Pain is in the brain” is what studies show. This is[…]
January 30, 2009 A Report from Northwestern University This illustration shows the brain from the left side, demonstrating the differences in brain function between patients with chronic pain and patients with no chronic pain. In a new study, investigators at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine have identified a clue that may explain how suffering[…]