New science has transformed the way we think about chronic pain
Breakthroughs in pain science have led to a whole new way of understanding and treating chronic pain.
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Dr. Shaheen Lakhan, MD
Lin Medical Advisor
Brain-based treatment approaches are the evidence-based recommendation for primary pain conditions
While all pain, ultimately, is mediated by the brain, primary pain is pain that is out of proportion to medical findings. This is a very common condition. In the newest medical codes (ICD-11), many chronic pain conditions have been reclassified as a type of primary pain.
Because in primary chronic pain conditions the pain signaling system is over-firing, a brain-based approach that addresses cognitive, emotional, and behavioral patterns allows us to train our brain to change our experience of pain, and in many cases, reverse it completely.
How do I know if a brain-first approach will work for me?
The first step to understanding if a brain-first approach is right for you is to first determine if you have any of the positive indications of primary pain. These can include:
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Our approach is proven to work
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In a recent study of chronic low back pain, 98% of people reduced their pain and 66% were pain free at the end of treatment when treated with a brain-first approach (Pain Reprocessing Therapy). [Read]
In another series of studies, a different brain-first treatment (Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy) has been shown to reduce pain levels in patients with chronic pelvic pain, fibromyalgia and medically unexplained symptoms. [Read]
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Only 1 in 10 patients who join Lin still regularly experiences high levels of pain. And 59% of patients with medium-to-high pain reduce their pain to low or no pain after six months.