Pain Reprocessing Therapy

An exhausting circumstance

Chronic pain is one of the most difficult things people face in life. It is also one of the most common reasons people see the doctor. Over 50 Million people in the US suffer from some kind of chronic pain.

Chronic pain can be frustrating and overwhelming. Pain killers are not a long-term cure. Sometimes surgery, injections and physical therapy aren’t effective! Coping on your own is very difficult. You do your best, but it gets exhausting. Family and friends try to be supportive, but get frustrated and don’t understand.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy for Chronic Pain

There is treatment that can help!  Traditional psychotherapy focuses on helping people “deal” with the pain, how to cope with being miserable.  PRT, or Pain Reprocessing Therapy can help people actually reduce pain.  ALL pain is produced by the brain. WIth Chronic Pain, your brain keeps telling you that something is wrong, such as “my back hurts”, when there is actually no structural damage. You are not making this up! You are feeling pain, because your brain is trying to warn you – when it doesn’t have to!  Pain Reprocessing Therapy utilizes psychological techniques that help you turn down the brain’s alarm system, so that it does not continue to Create pain.

Pain Reprocessing can be helpful for many types of pain and chronic conditions: back pain, headaches (tension and migraines), IBS, Fibromyalgia, RSI, POTS, EDS, CRPS, Chronic Fatigue, arm pain, shoulder pain, leg pain, pelvic pain, anxiety and depression.  Usually, these issues arise with no precipitating injury or cause. Most of the time these issues do not show up on a test or imaging. Sometimes we have surgery, but still have pain months or years later.  This type of pain can get better.

You are not crazy. You aren’t making this up. The pain is absolutely REAL.  We call this “Neuroplastic Pain” – your brain has created neural connections, because it is trying to protect you from a perceived threat, but for many people, there is no illness or injury.  Sometimes the brain is too good at doing this important job!  You can learn to re-train your brain, “rewire” those connections, and decrease the pain.

Medical Fatigue

It can feel like all you do is sit in doctors offices. Then there is the familiar disappointment when a new treatment doesn’t work.

Medical professionals often can’t find a cause in blood tests, or on an MRI and say “there’s no explanation – we can’t find a reason for this”.

Perhaps you had an injury or surgery months ago, but doctors say “it looks like it healed just fine”.  They don’t say, ‘it’s all in your head,” but that’s the look they give you.

Grief and loss because of pain

There are good memories of the past and life that was easier. Now there are so many things that can’t be done. You miss your old activities.

Life gets boring. Sitting around is monotonous.  Hours spent staring at your phone, or watching TV. Sad about what you’ve lost.

Overdoing it

On some days, it gets a little better. Then you go all out – try to get things done.

The next day pain is worse, you pay for it.  The pain meds sometimes help you get by, but they don’t make it go away.

Impact on Relationships

Pain is tough, but sometimes the relationships are harder. Trying to pretend things are okay, trying to hide it so your partner doesn’t worry. Trying not to ask for help. There is guilt about being a burden.

At times you snap, you get irritable and aren’t all that fun to be around.

Loved ones don’t always know what to do and they get tired of hearing about it. Other people really can’t help, and you end up feeling you are on your own.   

You don’t have to keep “living with it”

Pain is a normal response, but chronic pain is often because our brain has gotten stuck. The brain is sensing danger when it doesn’t need to and it is causing actual pain – but the good news is that we can often change that!  You don’t have to keep suffering.

Pain Reprocessing Therapy can help you get your life back!  Call me now at (720) 315-0123 or fill out the contact form below to set up your free phone consult to see if PRT is an option for you.

*Please note, Pain Reprocessing Therapy may not be effective in all cases.  If you have cancer, multiple sclerosis, lupus or other certain chronic illnesses, PRT may not be a useful treatment.  Hans will do a thorough assessment to help determine whether or not PRT could be beneficial for you. Hans is PRT Certified and has over 25 years of experience working with people with chronic pain. Call Today!