Chronic Pain

Can The Brain Fool Itself Into Ignoring Signals For Chronic Pain?

Neurological pathways ID'd in chronic back pain
Neurological pathways ID’d in chronic back pain
Wouldn't it be great if the brain could ignore chronic pain signals? Patients suffering from this condition would no longer have to go through the daily struggle of coping with it and researching new ways to alleviate some of the symptoms. BYU researchers are looking to find out if this is a possibility.

Can the brain fool itself into ignoring signals for chronic pain? If it can, BYU researchers want to know if they can observe or measure actual changes in the brain after a patient has a pain therapy treatment with Calmare, the kind Jennifer McLean is now experiencing.

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