Often people benefit from personalised support for chronic pain. Increasingly, pain research suggests that education alone isn't necessarily the whole answer. Understanding pain can be useful - but changing long-established responses often involves practising new ways of responding to sensations, movement, thoughts and perceived threat. That is one reason we value face-to-face work, individual support for chronic pain. It's not because online support can't work. It can. No

Research has found yes stress can affect pain, but this is often misunderstood. Saying that thoughts, emotions or stress can influence pain does not mean: “It's all in your head.” Pain is real. The nervous system is constantly integrating information from inside and outside the body. If your brain interprets something as threatening, the body's protective systems can become more alert. What you expect to happen, what you pay attention to and how threatening a sensation fee

Or, what causes chronic pain if there is an injury that has healed as much as it is going to? This is the third of a series of short blogs on different aspects of new thinking on managing chronic pain. It is influenced by research on the effect of neuroplasticity, my own experiences of living with and resolving chronic pain caused by an L5 back injury and those of my clients. Initially we experience pain, and it is acute pain and we expect it to clear, and then it doesn't.

Sometimes pain does continue because there is an ongoing physical problem that needs treating. But researchers have found there are also situations where the original physical trigger has settled, while the nervous system remains very protective. It's like a smoke alarm system that has become extremely sensitive the alarm is still real it is just responding to danger more readily than necessary. The nervous system can become more sensitive to signals associated with previous

The latest thinking on pain shows your nervous system can learn pain - just as it can learn lots of other responses Think about learning to drive. At first, you consciously notice everything: mirrors, gears, pedals, other cars. Over time, much of this becomes automatic. The nervous system is constantly learning from experience and automates things it does repeatedly. Pain can work in a similar way. When the brain repeatedly encounters something it interprets as threatening

Recovering from a viral illness can feel like a marathon you didn’t sign up for. Even after the virus has left your body, the fatigue can linger, making everyday tasks feel like climbing a mountain. I’ve been there, and I want to share some gentle, effective post-viral fatigue strategies that helped me regain my energy and confidence. If you’re feeling drained and unsure how to move forward, this post is for you. Understanding Post-Viral Fatigue and Why It Happens Post-viral

Noticing the Line Before Burnout For many women, midlife is a time of professional leadership, deep expertise, and significant responsibility. It can also be the season when menopause quietly reshapes how our nervous system responds to pressure. We can learn to live alignment with how the brain and body systems are actually working at this time, living and leading from a place of resilience and flourishing. For women navigating menopause in the workplace, this matters more t

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Many Years ago Dr Darrel Ho Yen in his book book better recovery from viral illness described looking for the cause of post viral fatigue...