Chronic Pain & the Brain
“The neuroscience of pain has demonstrated that the causes of chronic pain may be different from the causes of acute pain after injury and may in many cases reside in the brain.”- Alan Gordon. Higher-level brain centers associated with mood, memory, and long-term planning can block pain or enhance it, drive recovery or make pain chronic.”
The Mystery of Chronic Pain
By: Elliot Krane
“We think of pain as a symptom, but there are cases where the nervous system develops feedback loops and pain becomes a terrifying disease in itself. “ Elliot Krane talks about the complex mystery of chronic pain and reviews the facts we’re just learning about how it works and how to treat it.”
