
01/05/2025
๐ฅ Chronic pain with no obvious injury? Welcome to the neuro-immune loop.
Early in my career I followed the classic playbook:
1๏ธโฃ Find the injury
2๏ธโฃ Fix the tissue
3๏ธโฃ Reduce the pain
Sometimes it workedโฆ other times my clients still felt like their bodies were under attack despite โperfectโ scans.
That didnโt add upโuntil I dived into functional neurology and psychoneuroimmunology (PNI).
Key insight: The brain isnโt just influenced by the immune systemโit's part of it.
Neurons and immune cells talk 24/7.
Hereโs the loop:
Pain โ cranks up Sympathetic (fight/flight)
Sympathetic โ suppresses immunity
Suppressed immunity โ drives systemic inflammation & pain
Restricted movement โ less cerebellar & cortical activation โ weaker top-down brake on Sympathetic tone
Add the Thymus, Amygdala, and Anterior Cingulateโstructures tied to emotional sufferingโand youโve got a self-reinforcing cycle of pain, stress, and immune dysfunction.
Chronic pain isnโt just physical. Itโs emotional, neurological, immune. If you only chase the symptom, you keep the loop alive.
Rewire it with:
๐ซ Breathing protocols
๐ Targeted movement & lymph activation
๐ฟ Emotional processing & limbic recalibration
Thatโs exactly how we approach chronic pain inside Functional Neuro Health.
๐ Want the full breakdown? DM me โPAINFREEโ and Iโll send you my free training Chronic Pain, the Brain & Neuroplasticityโso you can work smarter, not harder. This is probably the last time we offer it free before selling it again, it's that good.
Your clients donโt need another band-aid. They need a new map.
โ Nick Moss | Functional Neuro Health