The New Science of Pain

This is the New Science of Pain, The pain sensory (nociceptive) system is not just a system for the conduction of pain impulses from the periphery to the brain. We now know that plastic changes can take place in the periphery, the spinal cord and also in higher brain centers following injury, inflammation and other events. These changes may increase the magnitude of the perceived pain and may contribute to the development of chronic pain syndromes and increased pain sensitivity.

Repetition is the mother of all learning.

Our nervous system controls or has a part in every function of our body. Neuroplasticity is generally very good for us; we learn a trade or career, we develop balance, we learn math, we learn to play baseball or the piano, and thousands of other functions we do everyday and do not even think about it. There is also a bad side of Neuroplasticity that deals with bad habits, addictions, certain diseases and in many cases pain.

The good thing is that as Stephen Covey says, "between stimulus and response, one has the freedom to choose." It is also a good thing for us that we have a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex (but you'll learn more about that later).

Neuroplastic Pain: Refers to pain cause by or increased pain because of changes within the nervous system. These structural and functional changes can occur at every level of the nervous system.

Pain, what others say.

Over the generations many wise and successful individuals have summarized complex topics into brief yet specific statements. "A world to the wise is enough", means that you only have to hint something to wise people in order to get them to understand it; they don’t need to have everything explained to them at great length. Please read the below and think about what the author is trying to relate, also look for a deeper meaning.

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. Confucius

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think. Socrates

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself. Chinese Proverb

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
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The way you think, the way you behave, the way you eat, can influence your life by 30 to 50 years. Deepak Chopra

Health is the result of thinking and acting in a certain way. Wallace D Wattles

The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame and in the cause and prevention of disease. Thomas Edison

Pain is more than a hurt; it is to all too many a way of life. C. Norman Shealy, MD
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Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good. Henry Rollins

Life is like a sewer. What you get out of it depends on what you put into it. Tom Lehrer

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do. Dale Carnegie
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Healing comes from inside, not outside. Andrew Weil, MD

It's supposed to be a secret, but I'll tell you anyway. We doctors do nothing. We only help and encourage the doctor within. Albert Schweitzer, M.D.

Nature performs the cure, the physician takes the fee. Benjamin Franklin

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Albert Einstein
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle

The brain remains a dynamic structure that alters from year-to-year, day-to-day, even moment-to-moment over our lifespan. Richard Restak, MD.

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attributes of mind. William James

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. And in knowing that you know nothing, that makes you the smartest of all. Socrates
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The best way to escape from your problem is to solve it. Robert Anthony

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein