Complex Pain Recovery

06/21/2025

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01/30/2025

https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/post/neuroplastic-symptoms-complex-pain-recovery-what-you-need-to-know

Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to rewire and adapt, influencing everything from learning new skills to recovering from chronic pain. However, not all neuroplastic changes are beneficial—some contribute to persistent pain conditions, making recovery a complex journey.Understanding how the...

04/24/2023

01/31/2022

It is an honor and a privilege to post this amazing story of recovery. Thank you Alisa for sharing your story of experience , strength, and hope. You help so many.

Alisa and Bentley As a psychotherapist, I get the unique honor and privilege of experiencing another person’s inner world. Brave is the term that best fits when a client makes a decision to let another human being help them in such a personal and intimate way. I do not take this act of trust light...

12/11/2021

After experiencing chronic pain, and then experiencing a mild week of relative comfort, we can feel a sense of foreboding, like we are just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Fine...Let's go there...Maybe the pain shows up and it's worse than we imagined. But getting sucked into a worry loop won't make it hurt any less.

Even if the pain is coming back, wouldn't you rather have experienced just being ok, even for a short time, without allowing the pain to take this moment away from you?

By the time the pain strikes, we are not the person we imagine ourselves to be. We get through it, one moment at a time. The way your pain shows up does not follow a script.
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If you can breathe, pause, and come back to this moment, you can get back into the driver's seat.

We've ALL been there. Anticipating discomfort is part of our survival wiring as humans.

That does not mean that we have to let it take us down the path of panic and dread.

It's easier said than done, but learning this skill is part of our recovery.

I would be honored to help you on your path to recovery. To learn more, please visit: https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/ ❤️

12/08/2021

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For more information about Chronic Pain Anonymous and to find a meeting, visit our website: www.chronicpainanonymous.org

11/30/2021

It can be easy to get caught in a pain loop, and when you are in pain, it is challenging to look at things from a broader perspective. Stress from past injuries, accidents, or health conditions can certainly play a big part in your pain, but so can the stressors associated with relationships, work, anxiety, grief, anger, childhood adversity, unresolved painful memories, PTSD, social isolation, discrimination, and many more.

My work is looking at the whole picture of you and how you are caught in a cycle of stress and pain and finding effective tools to disrupt the cycle.

To find out more about Complex Pain Recovery, please visit: https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/ 🌹

11/30/2021

In my early 30s, I started attending Al-Anon (a group for people who love someone with a drinking problem) after growing up in an alcoholic home. I learned so much from this experience, and I became a sponsor through Al-Anon and loved doing that. This work changed my perspective on mental health, and helping people became my passion.

I went back to school to become a Licensed Professional Counselor at 45. After receiving my license, a friend of mine who is a pain physician asked me to evaluate patients getting spinal cord stimulators. The parallels between those suffering from chronic pain and those suffering from an addiction drew me into doing this work. That is when a lightbulb went off, and I developed Complex Pain Recovery. Even if the pain is chronic, my clients have learned to thrive alongside the pain. Recovery is possible!

To learn more about my story or to find out how we can work together, please visit https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/ 🌹

11/27/2021

You may need to exhaust all physical avenues of help before you consider working with your mind. ⁠
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If you are willing to do anything to alleviate the pain, I urge you to research: Psychophysiologic Disorders (PPD) is the clinical term for mindbody symptoms.⁠

"The good news is that after years of clinical research, there is now evidence that many of these mindbody symptoms (previously thought to be incurable) can be relieved and even cured without surgery, physical therapy or medication. With an evidence-based approach to diagnosis and treatment, sufferers can achieve relief from their chronic pain." ⁠
- Psychophysiologic Disorders Association ⁠

To get 1:1 support, please visit! ⏩ https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/

11/24/2021

This. Is. Recovery. You may not be able to fully eliminate your pain, but you can make space for joy. ⁠
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If you have not heard of , please check them out! I am honored to serve on the Chronic Pain Anonymous Board Of Trustees as a professional advocate. ⁠
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The 12-step program may not be what you expect, but it is a great place to begin the recovery. ⁠
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11/22/2021

Neuroinflammation drives widespread chronic pain via central sensitization. ⁠
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So what on earth does that mean? The neuropathways we create repeatedly, after experiencing pain, become inflamed leading to central sensitization and the experience of chronic pain. ⁠
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"Conditions such as chronic pain, migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, and pelvic pain syndromes are just a few of the very real chronic conditions that can be diagnosed as mindbody syndromes. In fact, you may be surprised by just how many different symptoms are actually mindbody disorders." - Psychophysiologic Disorders Association⁠
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The good news is that there is FINALLY research and evidence-based approaches to address and eliminate Neuroinflammation, Central Sensitization, and chronic pain. ⁠
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To learn more about the latest research on mindbody syndromes, please visit https://ppdassociation.org/

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⁠*Research referenced was conducted by Ru-Rong Ji, Ph.D., Andrea Nackley, Ph.D., Yul Huh, BS, Niccolò Terrando, Ph.D., and William Maixner, DDS, Ph.D.: Neuroinflammation & Central Sensitization in Chronic and Widespread Pain. ⁠https://www.complexpainrecovery.com/

11/20/2021

Acceptance is only possible once we become aware of what we are resisting. In other words, THE PAIN IS REAL, but it is in our resistance that we suffer. ⁠
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Acceptance is letting go of what we cannot change. ⁠
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Practicing awareness and acceptance is learning to live life on life’s terms and is key to having peace and serenity. ⁠
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How many times have you heard someone say, “I have no choice.” We convince ourselves that we do not have a choice, that we are victims of circumstance. ⁠
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Now, I am not suggesting that bad things and bad situations do not arise. However, I am suggesting that there are choices to make even among the worst times in our lives. ⁠
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We can take action and choose how we “grow” through the experiences and situations in our lives. The choice may be between a rock and a hard spot; nevertheless, we still have a choice. In fact, to do nothing is a choice and sometimes may be the best option.⁠
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