Our approach

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This evidence-based and self-empowering approach aims to eliminate chronic pain or persistent unexplained symptoms without surgery, physical therapy, medication, or expensive alternative treatments.

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An estimated 20-30% of the global population is now crippled with chronic conditions (such as fibromyalgia, chronic back pain, migraines etc…) and the medical world is struggling to ‘fit’ them into a system clearly not equipped to accommodate patients requiring long term care and showing discouragingly low recovery rate, despite extensive use of medication and surgery. Our health-care structures seem ‘stretched’ enough as it is and to chronic pain sufferers it unfairly feels that ‘there is more urgent business to deal with’…

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And yet these people’s sufferings, if not life-threatening are REAL often debilitating and disabling.

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When they have finally been diagnosed with a chronic condition and prescribed life-long pain-management medication, those people find themselves utterly isolated in hopelessness, just having to ‘get on with it’.

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They are often unable to work or perform daily activities which can put their families under pressure… This in turn can generate feelings of guilt which fuels more pain… and the vicious cycle seems unbreakable.

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Until fairly recently, only a few ‘lucky’ people would have come across the concept of Neurophysiologic Disorders (NPD), but more recent neuroscience progress and discoveries in the understanding of pain mechanisms mean that these chronic syndromes are now better understood and dealt with.

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An increasing amount of experts and researchers are coming up with methods and tools for tackling those medically unexplained conditions from a totally different angle and a rapidly growing number of doctors, therapists and coaches like myself are becoming able to share those tools and help individuals to unveil the roots of their chronic pain. They can help them develop new neural pathways which will allow them to become symptom-free.

  

The bonus is that this cure is accessible to all … through education, and that once you understand its mechanisms, you can learn a variety of simple but powerful tools which you can use in your daily life. This gradually enables a shift in the mindset that facilitates recovery. After a while, it becomes second nature and you become your own medicine for the rest of your life.

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How wonderful is that?

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The approach used at Pain Phoenix is holistic and unlike conventional medicine, it aims for the patient to understand the mechanisms involved in the formation of persistent symptoms, and the roles that emotions, behaviours and lifestyle play in chronic conditions. Our body has an innate ability to maintain wellness thanks to a beautifully complex network of physiological responses which are connected to all aspects of our being: body, mind, emotions and beliefs.

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So what is a Neuro-Physiologic Disorder (NPD)? (You will find that different sources call it different names by the way, such as PPD (Psycho-Physiologic Disorder), TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome), MBS (Mind Body Syndrome…), but they all refer to the same thing… and that’s enough jargon for now!  

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In short, NPD is the clinical term for mind-body symptoms, meaning that the symptoms are generated in the brain -but they are not ‘in your head’! They are absolutely as real and physical as symptoms caused by purely structural problems. The difference is those symptoms are caused by neural pathways that respond to stress, repressed emotions, trauma and more.

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If you want to know how they can manifest, check out the Symptoms section of this website.