Turning down the volume of pain – how to retrain your brain when you get sensitised
- Written by: Joshua Pate, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, University of Technology Sydney
Pexels, CC BYFor every feeling we experience, there is a lot of complex biology going on underneath our skin.
Pain involves our whole body. When faced with possible threats, the feeling of pain develops in a split second and can help us to “detect and protect”. But over time, our nerve cells can become over-sensitised. This means they...
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