Chronic pain? We can thwart them by rewiring our brain

Pain is a valuable indicator. When it is “acute and short-lived,” it announces an injury, or an attack on the body. Unfortunately, notes Alan Gordon, director Center for Pain Psychology In Los Angeles, “sometimes this system malfunctions and the pain switch in the brain gets stuck in the on position, causing what's called chronic neuralgia, which means it's not linked to an established cause.

Because he suffered severely from lower back problems and headaches as a teenager, this psychotherapist collaborated with neuroscientist Alon Ziv to develop “Pain Regeneration Therapy.” “By reconfiguring specific circuits in the brain, this approach makes it possible to recreate the natural course of things,” emphasizes Alan Gordon, who presents his technique in To thwart chronic pain, A Canadian article that has just been translated into French by Editions de L'Homme.